another look

well here is Java Junction again   enlarged and a little "doctored"    a few, maybe a handful of my photos, were too bright in lighting   how i remembered i had a program last nite to soften the brightness is beyond me   this was one of them   majority of my photos the lighting was just fine   i was going to show two photos or more at a time, but i need to switch them to another site so they're not as big as this one..i think   let me add another one right now, but i know it's huge, but more enjoyable..........ok i'll see how this looks.....anyways, i'll be visiting your journals this evening or tonite   i did get plenty of rest finally last nite, but now i need to go work at Jen's office for a couple hours   time for a shower and sum brunch   catch you soon!

MADrid

finally!!!!   this is the 4th try in getting these photos loaded   i'm writing the entry while i figure out how i want ot display them above  ...ok, first go grab your Java or whatever you want to drink   i took 110 photos and they're all loaded here   at my last resort for trying to get the photos downloaded via aol journal here, i selected all of them..sit, relax and enjoy

now a note, it's 12:30am tuesday morn  not the hour i had planned on bringing them to you  so if i don't make any sense in the following, you know why...lol

MADrid was an old mining town  they stopped mining in 1962 i believe i read the sign (included in a photo here)   today the town is full of artists   or some say it's a hippie town    anyways, the town is FULL of color   i took loads of photos of the houses/stores   as you can see each is a different color   everything is art here   they make everything into art, including the mail boxes (those included too)   i took photos of some of the art work for sale  even some of the flowers which i hadn't seen before and fit right into the art flair of the town   the art i took pics of is only on the outside of the stores   there's tons more artwork inside the shops...then i went to the museum where you'll see the old train, old gas station, fire truck, bulldozer and other stuff including the Executive Lounge(out house)   actually the only public restrooms in this town are the Las Portables out houses   i did notice they have built an out house like those in the national parks, but it isn't open quite yet   it's a artistic, rustic place  rustic is my kind of place   my Java Junction is the most rustic place and that's probably why i like it so much   anyways, i hope you enjoy the photos   i'll post them one at a time in the future (not all of them..lol) so you can see them enlarged...right now, it's bedtime IF i can sleep   drank coffee late so i could stay for the entire ballgame   it's been a great day    i'll be back soon...

sneak peak!

   this is a sneak preview...lol   i made it to MADrid today   this is the Java Junction where i hang out once i get there..but this is only one photo of many to come   just wanted to let you know more photos are coming   right now i'm on my way to the Isotopes baseball game with friends   i'll post all the photos i took today either late tonite or first thing in the morn....it was a great bike ride today   Beautiful day for it too  much cooler too on the backside of the mountain...cya soon!

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SHE KNOWS BEST!!!

so, i just talked to my therapist about school, church class and the Grand Canyon   she agreed with me   that going to CNM and taking the church class wood be too much for me   so i have to give one up at the moment   so i'm going with my gut which is to take the church class   so maybe in January i'll start CNM, but i'm not giving up on it   i will get it done.....

in the meantime, i'm rethinking Jesse's bicycle   can't find the tires i need for it and plus i think i need to buy a real mountain bike with the flexible suspensions on the front wheels for off road   there are some trails in the foothills that i hike but also many people ride their mtn bikes on   i really want to do those trails...so one more phone call on tires before the final decision   right now i'm off for the day   still not sure i'll make it to MADrid today  will see about noon time today, the time i'll be finished with errands...until laterz, have a great one

Bored!!!

well, can you tell i've been a little bored today....lol    i added a few items in ALL ABOUT ME section, plus i changed the background color again   the blue went better with the things i posted    the photos of the other people are my son Kyle (Army) and Jorje my daughter with her husband Mark   for those who don't know they're technically my nephew and niece, but i adopted them as my own for various reasons   so when i talk about my son and daughter you now have photos to associate them with....

anyways, i took a nap   guess i needed that one today   then i went and checked out Jesse's mountain bike for sale   for the price he wants plus the tires/tubes i need to buy for it, it's the same price as a new one at Wally World   but i've told Jesse that i'd buy his bike from him already   i'll help out a friend  plus for the riding i'll probably do, his bike is ideal   plus i like the color   it's a peach color   he's going to put the new tires/tubes on for me   plus work on the rear brake cable  it needs adjusting but it's a good bike   and riding it today, i felt like i was learning ALL over again   even when i got Stephen's out recently, goodness i thought i was going to wreck on it....lol   that's what i get for riding a motorcycle for a few years now   a HUGE difference   kept wanting to ride with my hands   God!   i'll be fine   i can get on it in a few days   will pick the the tires/tubes tomorrow   he'll have it ready tuesday i'm sure...so in the meantime, guess it's time to get back to reading my books   i've not read a book in a month and usually my nose is always in a book   i have plenty of time on my hands right now, so i'll find something   Sudoku is ok although it still kicks my butt from time to time   now i need another challenge besides hiking the trails and riding my bicycle for my conditioning   Life is Good (which by the way, my package from ALL THINGS JEEP finally came back to me..i think i mentioned the p.o. screwed up the delivery of it)  got my Life is Good shirt on with a Jeep on it, berry color   matches my new bicycle  anyways, that's the excitement for now   i'll see you soon on this again   tomorrow will be hectic IF i make it to MADrid    if not tomorrow, i will wednesday or thursday this week for sure   a couple errands in the morn, plus finding bicycle parts before MADrid, then hurry back to a Isotopes baseball game tomorrow evening   may be too much to squeeze in for one day....new photos soon, i promise!

p.s.  the above photo is of a Black-headed Grosbeak   i think i named it incorrectly the first time i posted it...and yes i took this photo:-)

photo journal?

so someone inquired to see if i had a journal just for my photos   at the moment i don't, but i've been thinking about it recently   so what do you think?   should i create a journal just for my photos?   or just keep posting them here?

in the meantime, think i'll post them bigger like the above photo   this photo was taken inside the Carlsbad Caverns a couple years ago...more to come....

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I DID IT!!!!

    this photo was taken at Bosque del Apache, NM  this is where the birds migrate for the winter from the north   these are snow geese coming in to land for the evening......Alas, it took me a damn while, but i figured out how to get rid of those darn lines on this journal   i've been seeing other journals without it and liked it very much   this makes it much simpler and not so busy....anyways, i'm happy i found the right button....lol

in the meantime, i'm dieing to go for a motorcycle ride, but i don't have cash til tomorrow   i have a money order but no place on sunday to cash it   just didn't think i'd need it today   o well, that' means i'm off for a road trip tomorrow before another Isotopes baseball game   i'm goin' back to MADrid   don't know why i didn't think of it before, but i'm going to take photos of THE DINER, from the Wild Hogs movie, as well as the rest of the town   can't remember if i did this before or not   i know i've taken photos of MADrid before, but not sure i ever posted them here   if so, that wood be like 4yrs ago when i still just had a film camera and started this journal   anyways, i'm goin' 2 go PLAY!.....so since i can't take off today, i'll go check out that bicycle of Jesse's    today's a lazy day for me anyways   again Sunday A DAY OF REST!!!!

wow, can you tell i found more buttons   i JUST found the background page in changing its color   may change it laterz to another color, but will enjoy this one for now...Thanks Robin for your layout image   it got me a thinking about all this!