Brookville Ohio
I was born in Gordon in 1934 but have lived in Brookville, Ohio since 1962
Monday, April 23, 2018
Collapsed Lung
Incision where the doctors cut through my rib cage to inflate my lung that had collapsed. I had the same lung collapse the second time before it was inflated again but this time they deflated the sac that encases the lung and put some talc in there to irritate the lung lining and force it to grow around the lung. It is like putting a balloon inside another balloon so the one inside is supported by the one on the outside.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Colorful Landscape
Most of our area is covered in trees but they are still green and offer a lot of shade. It isn’t that hot or muggy now but it was for about two weeks and I didn’t go outside. This morning, Pepper Jax went to the vet for a shot to relieve some of his itching and scratching and ended up getting a shot for the itching and we hope it works.
It is supposed to work for 4 to 8 weeks. He will be pleased with that as he has been scratching all the time. I was afraid he would end up with raw skin from scratching so much. But we got him to the vet before it got that bad.
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Thinking it Over
When I was growing up during World War II, I thought about a lot of things related to us and the enemy. Our U.S. Government sent out and posted signs about the Japanese where people meet. The so-called “Japs” all wore thick glasses in black frames grinning back at you with large buck teeth.
Gordon, Ohio was my birthplace and my home. I went to school there and grew up in Gordon during the Second World War. We experienced rationing stamps, tokens, steel pennies and candy cases without candy. We laughed at performers in the medicine shows that came to town and the town provided us our daily needs – it was a perfect place for me.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Space Alien
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Cicada on Spruce Tree |
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Abraham at 83 years old
It doesn't get any better than this when you are 83 years old and in October, on the 25th you will be 84? And on October 27th, your wife of the past 63 years will be one year older than she is now at 81. Imagine that? The next time you hear someone talk about getting married show them this picture.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
This is my "strombrella" that came to mind one day when my son, Chris, up from Florida with the kids (Justin and Brittney), and I enlisted their help in digging holes for the feet or legs (there are four of them) in the ground and a deeper hole in the middle where the post go that holds the legs up. It has stood there all these years and gone through all sorts of weather, including Hurricane Ike that destroyed the cherry tree standing in this picture, but left the strombrella intact.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
My Oxygen
My oxygen comes through a cannula. After years of smoking cigarettes and then a pipe, I discovered that both my lungs are "shot" or not any good. My wife, Patty, asked the lung doctor if I could get a lung transplant and the doctors told her that I could not because neither of the lungs is good enough to work if the transplant didn't work. So, I left the hospital wearing a cannula and began using those small metal tanks with oxygen in them. After a year or two of that, my doctor wrote a prescription for a machine that makes oxygen for me at home and a miniature version on wheels that I can tow around with me or carry it wherever I go.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Brookville on County Map
This is an overall map and not one of the detailed maps that shows all of the streets by name and their location on the map.
Friday, January 5, 2018
One Degree Days
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Friday, December 22, 2017
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Pirate Patty
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Me going-on 83.
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Thinking about it? |
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Pat and Abe
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Christmas Eve at Sonny and Eva's get together |
Monday, December 26, 2016
Good Luck
Clover in Grass |
My mother, Vivia, would come out and look at the same clover and reach down and pull off a 4-leaf clover. I was always astonished. She said it would give us some good luck.
I know we grew all the food we ate because we had no money to buy food with. When we needed something like a pound of coffee or a stick (quarter pound) of butter I would have to take a dozen of fresh eggs to the store to trade for the butter. Sometimes we traded eggs for a pound of bacon or coffee. We sold some eggs and used those pennies to buy things at the store and often mother would give me a dime (10 cents) to go to the post office for a couple of postal cards or some stamps for letters. If there was any leftover money she would tell me I could buy some candy. For pennies, during the War Years, the candy case was empty but they always had a bad tasting chocolate drops. Instead of them I would get a handful of Spanish peanuts.
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Lung Collasped
This is an example of the scar, under my left arm that led into my chest where they stuck a tube with a one-way valve on it. It would let new air in but no air from the chest could come out.
When the lung healed and was able to hold air, I was allowed to go home.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Fly, Ant Eating Pear
I call this Two For One or the Fly and Ant eating the Pear slice. I saw it and switched lenses to 18mm and took a couple of shots, I got close enough laying down on my stomach to get the picture and sometimes the lens hood would touch the fly and it would fly away but return almost immediately. So, this shot was planned and not a kind of happy accident where you get more than you saw as in this example.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Warnke Covered Bridge
The Warnke Covered Bridge near our town and still being used today. The logs used to span the creek were cut from the trees that stood around the spot where the bridge was built. There were covered bridge building specialists who cut the logs, shaped them and used them to build these covered bridges. The name of the bridge builder is usually the name given to the bridge. "Warnke"
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Brubaker Covered Bridge
The Brubaker Covered Bridge is a beautiful bridge and still in use. I have painted this bridge many times beginning back in the days when the kids at home were still small. They seemed to enjoy walking across the bridges and peering through the openings to see the stream flowing past them.
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Saturday, December 17, 2016
Rainy Day Cardinal
Cardinal on a rainy day--looking like he is tired of the rain. I think these are among the most colorful birds that we have. This and the yellow birds we call the Goldfinch. The male is brilliant yellow with leading edge of wings a coal black. The female cardinal has the same basic shape but her colors are more muted and not so bold as the male. They have a cock on the top of their heads that can be raised and lowered as it is in this snapshot.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Geeting Covered Bridge
The Geeting Covered Bridge. Notice that this bridge does not have any open sides. It was made this way so farmers could drive herds of cattle or sheep across the bridge without them being able to see the water below. Usually an animal will not cross or walk on a bridge if it can see water under it.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Hummingbird Moth
Hummingbird Moth in flight. They are small but about the same size as a smaller hummingbird and have all the actions in flight as the real hummer. I like them around the flowers.