Advantage Liquid lunch ? The window is bare Tough Seat

I was going through some old photos and found this picture that I took about four years ago...Tractor.  This tractor has been sitting in our field since it died where it sits.  While driving through the pasture this weekend, I took this picture.  Note how things have changed for both the tractor and the barn in the background.

Here's the tractor at a different angle1340.

here are a couple shots of where I spend my days...dhuh? now this is BIG ! tuggin in yep, its a rig 180 ft. straight down on top of the world early this morning

  The past few days I've been moving a lot of my stuff into our attached garage.  No, Barb's not kicking me out.  We converted it into an apartment and added a bath.  Jaryd's mom and dad lived there for a few months while he was between jobs and she finished school.  I also had a darkroom in there which they converted to a kitchen.  Anyway, now it's going to be a studio.  I'm going to move all my art supplies out there and also my lighting equipment.  Since I'll probably be spending most of my time out there, technically, I guess Barb did kick me out.  I'll have all my photo gear, except cameras, art stuff, and hobby stuff in one place with plenty of room.  Only need a beer fridge and it'll be a Man Cave, albeit, with all the art stuff and no TV maybe a "Sensitive" Man Cave!
  Since I've been hauling the stuff anyway I thought I'd setup a tools challenge shot.

Some Artist's Tools.
Reflection in a Palette Knife. I liked this reflection as I was setting it up so I closed in.

  I know it may be presumptious to call myself an artist (especially lately) but that's what I went to school for, until circumstances forced me in another direction.  But when I retired as an electrician I told everyone that from now on whenever anyone asked what I did, I was going to tell them "I'm an artist".  They usually think it's a joke and sometimes, on a bad day, I do too but I can't quit doing it and I know in my heart... I am an artist!  And since Barb and I have been on this diet...a freakin' starving artist!

Tools of the un-handyman.

First you get all your stuff together, stuff like saw, marker, wood and square, something  for drilling holes and the all important
assorted screws and nails.  Next the fun part, it gets all torn up then measure, cut and reassembly.  What you get is a strange bird house (thumbnail).  But wait, a feeding station and housing  don’t go together, so how about putting a camera inside, then have it placed in a tree?  Turn the camera to automatic, and go indoors for lunch.  Most of the time you get nothing but garbage, but once in a while, you hit the jackpot.

Tools, tools, and more tools... that's what's involved in floor laying and resurfacing. So I went to my husband's job and caught a few shots of his tools while he was refinishing a floor. It's hard work but someone's gotta do it.  Here are some of the tools of a floorman.

I think today's musical tool is most used by the Jazz Musician.  However, it was my personal tool for 8 years.  Got me through practices, try-outs, solos, duets, trios, concerts, half-time shows, the stands and even a little jazz.

Here's the anatomy of my Alto saxophone.
sax
sax 2
sax 3
sax 4
sax 5

I knew when the silent black helicopters started circling my house, there was trouble afoot.  Soon my pool was surrounded by men with concealed weapons and earpieces.  They said a mysterious potato was running amok in the streets of St. Louis...did I have any information that could lead to the arrest of The Potato?  Next there was an Attack on My Personality

Bonus:
Guard Turtle :  That shy little grin hides a heart of evil...the gators are even scared of ELEANOR!

Hey, hanging out all summer without a care in the world and bashing action figures together is not an easy job!

Imagination.

Resting.

Power.

Imagination II

Imagination III

Twirl those Shooters!

Pipes  

2 for 1
The Claw
Water  Sprayer

Ladder

I hope you are all having a great summer.  Thanks for looking and take care!

Skateboarding

Think all of ya'll for the comments, i think you are trying to make my head get bigger. LOL

Anyway i was bored yesterday and was running out of things to chase down and photograph, i know ya'll never have those kinda days. then i remembered the tools of trade challenge. I use to train dogs full time before my kidneys failed, and loved every minute of it. here are very of my left over tools. I used this training collar to keep everyone in line, and here is my training bag  that i use to hold all my field equipment. The dogs just loved these training dummies, they would go crazy for just the sight of one. This is what i used to speak dog whistsle. It always helped to have a good "dog

Here's a few country musicians' tools of the trade

Great weather for a ride down by the Ct. River. This is where the Old Lyme Marina is, and I saw opportunity. Anchors Away Marina Dock BW Marina Red Shed Then on to the Old Lyme Icecream Shoppe for a chicken vege tomato wrap outside in the shade.
I could not resist, as wildman knows,
this custom made special icecream flavor(look for hint on door). Icecream Shoppe

When a boy gets his new pearly whites....it takes some special

Tooth Tools

A Willingness to Try New Things

Satisfaction of a Job Well Done

 (Note to self....next time you are shootin at the mirror, windex the toothpaste off of it first....)

Thanks for looking!

I repair and rebuild computers for seniors on the side for free.
Here are my tools of the trade.
Tools Air computer Computer Repair ,
different cards,
More parts ,
parts ,
Lots of memory

We're not in construction but we have the tools. We used to farm and along with that comes tools, equipment, and a few skills.

This will be a 40 X 40 shop in my back yard. My dad and I have been working on it a few hours a day cuz it's HOT!

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This is why I've been scarce around here lately.

Anyway, this is the beginning of the foundation. More later.

Candice is visiting her good friend,Valerie, in Kittyhawk on the outerbanks,N.C. You know...cool pool,
 fancy new house, and champagne on the beach. Damn the bad luck. She deserves a nice break. I am left to my own devices like swimming with Benjamin,canoeing,riding. I rode to the Yoke for a healthy panseared flounder salad. It seemed like a good time to shoot some trade tools.
 Stay cool my friends. Yoke tools1 Yoke Stools Yoke Yokes Natasha has nice napkin holders

  These aren't all the babysitting tools you need, or we're told we need nowadays, just the essentials.  I left out the snot-suckers, thermometers, pacifiers, creams, lotions, and untold other things we own to take care of one baby. I would have taken more shots but I did this during a break from removing the variable-speed pulley from our lawn tractor and cursing the designer who makes it so you have to hold one nut by reaching inside the battery compartment under the seat while holding another nut underneath the mower.  I probably should have taken a shot of that with my other hand.  Anyway...
  These are the essentials.  You need food supply materials, formula, snacks(sugar-free of course), baby food, baby spoons, etc.  What goes in comes out, usually in greater quantities in defiance of the Mass Conservation Laws, so you need food by-product tools, disposable diapers, butt wipes, butt creams, and butt lotions.  Between feeding and making room for more food the baby needs entertained.  We need toys, not just any toys, they have to be educational and safe.  They have to teach you shapes, colors, sounds, etc.  They have to be big enough to not be swallowed, unlike the toys we had, which I think is a good thing but very frustrating for the baby cause they still try to eat the toys no matter how big they are...but that's another story.
  After thinking about all the babysitting tools we have I can only wonder... How in the hell did my mom raise six kids with just two breasts, a few dozen cloth diapers, and a baby rattle?

Babysitting tools.