Month: May 2015

rDay Sixty-Six

Enduring what turned out to be temps well over 90 degrees F., it was an early morning departure to Walla Walla where the day was spent on vehicle care and feeding — fluid changes, brake system flush, comprehensive inspection and test drives, etc. — with my wrench-friend Jason.  Returned through the wonderful Hwy 204/Tollgate area.  Stopped for a second in Imbler to view the flower baskets hanging from sculpted metal.  As this was a solo drive, very little photo documentation was accomplished (except that of interest only to auto enthusiasts).
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rDay Sixty-One: Memorial Day

20150525-DSCN7937Taking a “rainbow” light spectrum display from the skylight onto my computer workbench as a propitious signal to go outside and make photographs, I was almost immediately derailed.  Kim invited me to accompany her to Grandview Cemetery where she had. just after sunrise, placed flowers from our back yard at family gravesites and the VietNam Veterans Memorial.  Due to the harsh, difficult lighting conditions, we may try to return later for a better go of all this.

 

 

Then, on the promise that we would be having a special meal tonight, I was induced to participate in a shopping venture, which turned out to also have a hardware research element to get hands-on with tools that Kim had been investigating online.

 

As consolation for the shopping effort, into the parking lot across the way cruised a pristine Washington-plated Model A Ford with a middle-aged couple and two dogs aboard.  By the time I reached it, the associated humans had disembarked and I could not confirm some of my suspicions, as I would have sworn that I could hear a distinctly non-stock exhaust note from the distance, despite the remarkably original exterior appearance.  (Wonder what it would take to lay in modern-era EcoBoost engine and other upgraded undercarriage pieces?)  Did I ever mention that it was with a 1931 Model A four-door that I learned to drive?

Finally, I was able to drop by a potential customer’s facilities and venue, and grab some fast exploratory photos (not shown here).   Then it was back to the ranch and Charlie and Ivi and Nik and the evening meal prep.