tic time

i think people have forever tried to make sure the tic times--those moments you never want to forget - or shouldn't forget--are somehow bottled for future use. whatever the image it is never as sweet as the moment. after getting my jeep's oil changed this morning i stopped by the race track. it was chilly but not too, around 10 and the horses were just coming out. i sat there in my jeep listening to classical music watching huge canada geese fly little sorties around the track pond and fractious colts and fillies take their morning schooling. tic time. spirit revival.

it was truly school time for those four-legged aristrocrats. they have to learn how to run at a certain pace and change leads...you could tell some did not like the lead change as they came around the corner they were skipping and tossing their heads, but the jockeys were still in their seats and strong in their requests.

wreath

practice placing stuff. since my wreath that jennifer and i worked on for hours didn't go out on my email i thought i would post it on my blog. there is a new gimp, so i am going to uninstall the old one and add the new. it is really cool and easier to use than the old one.

train whistles

so i am just tooling down highway 30 listening to the radio when i hear this strange intermitent sound sort coming with the music on the radio only it doesn't quite fit. immediately because i am parinoid about keeping automobiles running i think soming has gone wrong with my jeep so i am just about to turn the radio off when a big union pacific engine sneaks right up beside me and whistles. scare me off the road...almost. it was going just only a little faster than i was going so it took a while for it to get right beside me. if you wonder why i couldn't hear it above the radio.... i am a little ...well a lot deaf so i turn up the radio LOUD.

then there was the time i was driving along, no radio and the engine came right up behind me just as we both got to a crossing and it blew its whistle... another jump in the seat. they don't do the whistle thing until they are almost on top of the crossing which i don't understand. a railroad safety man that was at school for safety day said that they are supposed to do 2 longs and 2 short blasts, but that is not what they do. i have heard all variations.