The Who - You Better You Bet (Promo Video)

I love you John

my John passed away

I love John

Van Halen - Hear About It Later - 6/12/1981 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium (...

Hey y’all

Just wanted to share this lil gem with ya.

I had it on cassette back in the day.

I’d say old school.

But that would be 8 track.

My Dad had 8 track.

On his stereo.

And in his big rig.

I still have his stereo.

I miss all of you.

I miss all the friends we’ve lost.

we need your help

Please pray for our Trisha

Love

Lisa and John

Make Believe

we like the PBS show Endeavour

this is a song I like 

from one of the episodes

do you like this show?

what PBS shows do you enjoy?

Walk Away

I walked away from my blog 3 years ago when my Mom died. I've been wanting to catch up. This may be a start. The Irish Hills Towers were saved. Our favorite barn was not. and then there's our kittehs... I saw Joe Walsh live twice. Once with the Eagles at Tiger Stadium. Once at the Michigan State Fair. Takin' my time, choosin' my lines Tryin' to decide what to do Looks like my stop, don't wanna get off Got myself hung up on you Seems to me you don't wanna talk about it Seems to me you just turn your pretty head and walk away Places I've known things that I'm growin' Don't taste the same without you I got myself in the worst mess I've been And I find myself starving without you Seems to me talk all night here comes the morning Seems to me you just forget what we said and greet the day I've got to cool myself down stompin' around Thinkin' some words I can't name ya Meet ya halfway got nothin' to say Still I don't s'pose I can blame ya Seems to me you don't wanna talk about it Seems to me you just turn your pretty head Walk Away

The Irish Hills Towers

we visited these beauties

 on our way to the lake haus

they were built in 1924

they were 50 feet high

before the tops were removed

to help keep out the weather

first photo is front

second photo is back

my step-father went to the top 50 years ago

they have been closed since 2000

we'd love to see them restored

and go to the top

and view the many lakes

please, don't tear them down

Old School Haus

old school haus
located about a mile down from
Salems Church
from my previous post
they just cut the grass
my John caught the ghost
of the school teacher...

Salems Church

this church is
located across the street
from our favorite barn
in my previous post
the cemetery is
next to the church
the Kuhl family name is
on a few barns
on the same road
my John took these photos
Salem sounds familiar
to me...

our favorite barn

this is our favorite barn
we see it on our road trip
to my John's folks lake haus
I told him he should take a photo
before it falls down

every vote counted

my John won, again!

he's the only person

to win twice

in a row

he really appreciates

your support

thank you!

2014 TDPRI Workmate 1955 Esquire

Gilmour played original
on 1979 album
Pink Floyd
The Wall

my John built this guitar

new voting rule this year

you have to already be registered to vote

the voting will close on May 14th, 2014 at 04:27 PM (Wednesday)
 
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/483871-2014-build-challenge-voting-vintage-reissue-class.html

motor_city_tele
vintage re-issue class
gilmour workmate

thank you!

and the winner is...

The CherryCherrycaster

created by my John

aka Motor_City_Tele

thank you for your support

love

Basil Fawlty~Dickie Bucket~Royston Cropper

2013 TDPRI Tele Build Challenge

please, vote for my John's guitar

The CherryCherrycaster

this is the link to the voting page

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2013-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/431520-vote-build-challenge-expert-class.html

vote for motor_city_tele

last full day of voting October 2nd

thanks!

did you miss us?

our Dicky's mug was shown on tv 

with this mug I won

he disappeared

along with his brother Basil

his sister Royston

and his mother Onslow

Onslow's brother Hogarth

and sister Albert disappeared too

their sister Dev still lives here

with her daughter Clodagh

Clodagh's brothers Alastair and Silas disappeared

Chowderhead, Fatty Melt and Biscuit 

disappeared long ago

Tootsie still visits 

and dines here

her daughter Fiz lives here

Fiz's brother Groucho disappeared

it's been a year ago today 

since I posted on this blog

I still visit you

by the way

my John took 4th place 

in the guitar challenge 

from my last post

a belated thank you

to those who voted for him

Tootsie's kittens Fiz and Groucho

hanging out with 

Dev's kittens Silas, Alistair and Clodagh

love

from all of us

Motor_City_Tele 2012 TDPRI Challenge

my John built this Stained Glass Esquire

this young lad's father

bought two of my John's guitars

one for his son and one for himself      

please, vote for

Motor_City_Tele

LetHimWhoIsWithoutSinCaster

voting ends May 24th

thank you!

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2012-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/327197-2012-build-challenge-voting-pick-your-3-favorites.html


p.s.

you can check out

my John's thread

while you're there

if, you want to

see how this

musical piece of art

was created!

we're grown!

Thanksgiving
Christmas
New Year's Day
Valentine's Day
have all come and gone

Tootie's kittens will
turn 45 weeks old
this coming Sunday

these photos were taken November 2011


Hogarth
named after a little lemur
from the tv show
Lemur Street
he'll definitely steal your heart


Devendra Alahan/Dev/Devilicious/Devastator
even though she was named
after a man
from our favorite show
Coronation Street
she's a girl


Onslow
named after my
favorite character
from the British comedy
Keeping Up Appearances
she's a girl, though
(oh, nice)

I don't have a recent photo of Albert(a)
I called her Albert
(from the tv show, Fat Albert)
before I checked to see
she's a girl
I don't think she minds
she'd park her lil tush
in our flower box
I'd say, hey...hey..hey
telling her to move
she looks like Onslow
without the white markings
I'll make sure
she gets top billing
next time

the kitten we called Shemp
in an earlier post
hasn't been seen by us
since not too long
after they were born
Shemp's the one
who looks most like
their mother, Tootsie
I hope someone
gave that kitten
a safe home


Biscuit/Birdie Num Num
hasn't been hanging around lately
I hope he's alright

Halloween 2011 pumpkin carvings

this post by my John

Halloween in the D
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It's devil's night in the D. and anyone who grew up in the Detroit area knows that up here, we take halloween very seriously. I thought I would share a couple of this year's jack-o-lanterns that I just finished carving. In typical fashion, it all starts with a plan.

First, you find a decent image and due a little photoshop magic to convert it into a posterized image with three levels of grey. I did this with the old glory caster back in the challenge, but used 5 levels of grey. Then, the paper image is taped to the gourd.



Using my handy dandy little roller pokey thingy, I trace all of the edges of the pattern transferring the image to the pumpkin.



Remove the pattern and take a peek. Make sure everything is traced because putting the pattern back on isn't an option.



Now, take a sharpie and darken the lines. A sharpie works great and doesn't wear away with all the pumpkin juice that accumulates.



Gut the pumpkin next. save the seeds. they are gold.



Now, with cheapo saw tools and a cheapo wood carving tool, cut out the voids where the lightest color is and remove the peel from the middle grey areas.



clean up the surfaces of the greys with a broader faced chisel.



Drop in a candle and shut off the lights. Heeeeeeere's Johnny!



Anyone know this guy? He was a Detroit TV icon in the 70's.

I has a belated birfday post

Sunday was my birthday
Monday was my John's birthday

we went to the
Yankee Air Museum

www.yankeeairmuseum.org

our first visit
I bought him a B-24 Liberator cap
I got a shot glass that says
Some Landings Are Better Than Others

we ate dinner
at Mexican Fiesta
mexicanfiesta.net

we celebrated with
caramel apple cupcakes from
Nom Nom's Cupcake Factory & Sweets Shoppe
queennomnoms.com

it was a beautiful day Sunday
it rained Monday
but, that's alright
we share