2 Things
Standing next to this man-made behemoth (those propeller blades are each 90 feet long) can make a man feel insignificant. The diameter of the base is about 15′. They need a crane to lift the crane that works on these things. To stand under the hub that holds the propellers blades on the tower and hear it croak and scream, well, it gave me shivers and I am fearless
As the title suggests though, I have another ‘thing’ to mention today. I went to a funeral for a cousins of my Father’s. I did not know Beulah very well, so when the stories from other relatives started I found it hard not to listen to them. It seems that Beulah was a sharing and giving type of person. She taught 1st graders. In fact the theme of the sermon was “If you can read this, hug a Teacher.” After dinner, as the stories flew, I learned that Beulah was even more then a caring teacher. One cousin stood up and lamented about that in desperation she called on Beulah for some type of emergency. Then someone else stood up with another emergency story … and then another … It was immensely displayed that Beulah was the person that so many called on in emergencies and called just for advice. She was always there to help whomever, whenever.
Beulah stood tall. Beulah was more reliable then this behemoth pictured here. Beulah made this man feel more insignificant than anything man-made!
My Mother (left) and her ‘baby’ sister Ruthann. I think Ma is standing on tiptoes to look over Aunt Nan’s shoulder
To me it is ironic that I never think of my Ma as being short, if she sets her mind to something, that thing gets done.
She never falls short, of her goal or in my opinion.
I am just trying to capture some portraits, got a lot to learn.
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I am sorry it ain’t a donkey pix Donny but,
Amber was about 1 year 5 months in this photo.
One of my all time favorite photos.
Amber, you were and are gorgeous!
Please note that she is giving me the finger
My sister, Jeanie Hoppal, is one heck of an artist. One of her many talents is painting. She even teaches the Bob Ross style of painting. You might know of Bob Ross via his long time running show on PBS, you know, he was that curly headed dude that was always saying “and now let’s make a happy tree…” Unfortunately, Bob passed on before the home computer really caught on. But if he were still alive, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ‘painted’ using the PC and using GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program). GIMP is free, and so are the many tutorials.
I might have to try to emulate the results in the above tutorial. But I do not expect similar results for unlike my sister, I have no talent.
One of my first gifts was a fabulous fuzzy panda bear. I had that panda until I was eight years old, and then it simply disappeared. When I turned eighteen, it showed back up in my Christmas stocking. For all those years, it had been kidnapped and held by my Mother! As she tells the story, I had pretty much had worn ol’ Panda bare and she had taken him to protect him. No matter what story is true, my eighteenth Christmas was a truly special one.
