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This just in ... My name is Tony Maloney, I'm a private eye ... I oughta be in pictures, a film noir moment while exploring a possible CSRP hike with C:Geo App. Note to Self: Dang it, Nexus 7 only has a front-side camera. Note twa Self: Keeping cost down I suppose.

This just in ... What would Edward Hopper have thought of Photoshop? Note to Self: What would anybody think with those two rascals peeping in through the window?

This just in ... Twelve years old and turning a decent profit with Duck-Taped fashion accessories. What was I thinking, wrapping roll after roll of Duck Tape around old medication bottles then hiking miles into the wilderness to hide them under stones and in trees and bushes? Hmm, how easy is it to strip Duck Tape back off of a medication bottle to reuse it? Just another parade that passed me by, Poor ol' Harmon Note to Self: Gramma needs to do something about this.

Relinked the image.

Jodi dearest ... Do we need a permit from you to place a birdhouse hide?

Hi sweet Janie, You and Red Baron surely get around. Don't know what I would do without that shot of you mowing the extensive estate-lawns of your east-county Baronage. It's one of my two favorite shots of you. Hee-hee. I'll bet that you caused a sensation when you mowed into the JPL rover-test complex. You are a woman of new frontiers, right up there with Anika Hansen and Deanna Troi. By the way, do you sharpen your own blades? Kiss-kiss, Sweet ol' Harmon

This just in ... Janie and Red Baron at JPL with the other Mars rovers.

It appears you're having trouble with the zoom tool... Hey! I'ma no toucha that image! As a follower of this Forum thread you surely have noticed how cautious and considerate I am when it comes to photographs of women. Respect for the fair sex is my cardinal rule. Just ask around and you'll see it's so. On the other hand I will take this risky chance to say that the tattoo girl might just possibly benefit from a semi-regular dose of pork fat. Besides, shopping for lace in Burano brings out the best of a beautiful woman. Ciao, Sweet ol' Harmon Note to Self: With Photoshop everything is possible.

Hey everybody ... I found a new Photoshop pal on Google+!

Something you have never before seen ... Depth-mapped carmel corn sphere on carmel corn background. If you know how to decipher depth-mapped spheres then you can be FTF on an interesting new style of hide. By the way, depth-mapped carmel corn maximizes flavor and crunchiness for a superior taste treat. Oddly enough carmel corn kernels that have been depth mapped have a very long shelf life and so can be used as Geocaching travel bugs and even as tiny, long-lasting scouring pads. In the words of Team Fatman, having served as a laboratory taste tester, "Whooeee, them thangs'll shore clean y' out!" My pleasure, Sweet ol' Harmon Nte to Self: Made me giggle, tighten my tummy, and bang my heel on th' floor. Note two Self: Facebook, buy at $38.00 sell at $15.00. How does that work out?

Seems like I've seen that kid somewhere before...on a milk carton maybe...? Aine cute? Harmon bibbed and Nancy harnessed in 1942 while passing through Abilene, Texas. It's a rare shot 'cause I have shoes on 'cause we were there to visit my grandmother Ila Mae Reeves. Only got t' wear my shoes for important social occasions. Thang was that during WWII leather was a rationed commodity so kid's shoes had cardboard soles. If y' stepped in water then the stitches pulled through the soggy soles and so th' shoes were ruined with th' result that you got y'r butt beat for being stupid enough t' ruin y'r cardboard-soled shoes. To this day I'll take a DNF rather than walk through water for a find. That's why I have such a small find-count. Another side effect of my upbrangin' is that I ain't got no butt t' speak of. This picture is from my mom's old photo album. It's a really big photo album of maybe fifty large pages with an average of ten photos per page. I appear in three of the photos. So it goes, Poor ol' Harmon

Jodi! come back ... Pa needs you and Ma wants you, I know she does.

Hmm, maybe a better question would have been ... Any rocks, gravel, and dirt on Mars? Trouble is that the rocks, gravel, and dirt are just a thin candy shell around a taffey-like interior and a molten core. Note to Self: For Geocaching, what more do y' need?

That's always the problem, isn't it? If I had been the one taking the photo, I would have waited until the Red T-shirt guy was out of the scene. But when you hand off your camera to someone else, you never get quite the photo that you envisioned in your own mind. (Thanks for the vanishing act...) Once upon a time during the bygone film era I waited the best part of an hour to get a shot without the many distractions of a crowded location. Now it's the least part of a minute with Photoshop content-aware tools. Shazam! a distraction is either gone or moved.

This just in from the Mars Rover Curiosity ... As you can see from the image above Curiosity Rover features a calibration target used to verify image color, brightness, and sharpness and to verify the size of objects studied. Before launch I had a buddy at the launch tower paste an image of Splashette over the Lincoln Penny that was meant to serve as a size-reference. With my right-hand hereby raised I do on my honor vow that I intend no reference whatever to the size nor shape of any and all personal features, anatomical or otherwise, of the sweet lady we know and love as Splashette of Geocaching fame. Ahmen. So it goes, Sweet ol' Harmon Note to Self: Ain't she th' sweetest thang?

Funny you should mention that...here's LLOT pushing Krishna's Butterball up the hill. I haven't been there a dozen of times, but I did visit Mahabalipuram in September 2004. The place is famous for its stone carvings. Perhaps this will tickle Harmon's photo-editing neurons. Yeah, yeah ... was there any doubt? Dadgumit James, how am I to be cool with you around? Bet y' had some fun rooting around for that shot in your old photo collections. Say, in that carving what's those ribbons tied to that hang down between th' bull-headed warriors legs? Just wonderin', might be a good idea at my age. Photographically speaking you should remove the distraction of that other guy in the red tee. Sweet ol' Harmon

But wait, there's more ... From this point of view they call it Krishna's Fingertip. It is situated amongst the eight stone Mahabalipuram Temples at N12 37.142, E80 11.546. Lots of photos posted on Google Earth. Yes, there's a Geocache hide. Mahabalipuram and Krishna's Butter Ball. Many more photos posted with log entries. You'll love the hint ... under pile of stones. If we leave in the morning we should score the find this week. Note to Self: Of course LLOT has probablyh been there a dozen times.

John, Uh-oh, Jodi in Vermont and my sweet bride in Connecticut, this can't go well for me. Why do I sense a New England smackdown coming? Make sure to point out that Doug of the RCMP caused most of the butterball trouble. I tried t' stop him. Poor ol' Harmon

O'm'gosh, carve it ... I'll take white if y' please and do pass the cranberry-sauce. Will there be PUD cake? Anybody got a suggestion about how t' get butterball grease out of Jodi's skivey-shorts. (Boxers or briefs, who knows?) Don't let Team Fatman see this, he'll blow a hole in his computer screen with his duct-taped turkey plinker. Love it, Sweet ol' Harmon p.s. Nice job on the composite by the way.

Too right! Jodi bearing Krishna's Butt_erball Inspired by Google+ photographer May Fong Robinson's repost. Jodi is just too awesome for words. Photo is a visual metaphor for Jodi's marriage since John retired and goes Geocaching each and every day of the year while she goes to work. Thanks for your support "lost guy." With my sweet bride in Rhode Island this week I have a bit more time on my hands. By the way, see the Yrium Card albums at my Google+ Account. Get it? ... she's looking for the container.

Brang us 'nother log Zeke ... An Iowa cross-over vehicle. Cut lumber ... all sizes.

Just to prove that I'm not anti-Facebook Facebook Enjoyment You're welcome, Sweet ol' Harmon Note to Self: To be honest I thought the number was lower than that.

You might want to check Facebook. M'thinks you missed my point ol' friend. Was just making sure you were still with us. So it goes .... Nah, I got your point. I was just taking the opportunity for a FB jab at ol' Harmon. I know, and I always deserve a jab ... gives me a chance to better explain myself. After all, I've put about ten years into training my pals to pick on me ... some of them got it right away. Love it, Poor ol' Harmon Life is good!

You might want to check Facebook. M'thinks you missed my point ol' friend. So it goes .... Nah, I got your point. I was just taking the opportunity for a FB jab at ol' Harmon. I know, and I always deserve a jab ... gives me a chance to better explain myself. After all, I've put about ten years into training my pals to pick on me ... some of them got it right away. Love it, Poor ol' Harmon

You might want to check Facebook. Clearly my remarks failed to explain Google+ Circles as I hoped. Of course people do bring Facebook expectations into Google+; that is, nothing more than email with personal and/or family photo albums. They tend to be surprised that Google+ isn't just another form of Facebook. The Circles I speak of are specialized in some discipline wherein participants are vetted and monitored for their qualifications and contributions. Such Circles include science, engineering, education, medical, photography, data encryption, astronomy, robotics, image and video editing, and much more. One is expected to be qualified and to contribute to the goals and objectives of a given circle; otherwise, one will be dropped by Circle moderators at the next periodic assessment. Collaboration between qualified people with goals and objectives in mind, that's the real-deal of Google+. At seven and seventy I'm thrilled at the opportunity Google+ affords to keep my thoughts engaged in interesting and even useful discussions and activities. I bought a Nexus 7 Tablet about a month ago and since find myself wide awake at about 3:30 a.m. each and every night with stylus in hand to engage in subjects of interest until the sun rises. Side effect is an afternoon nap now and then for the first period in my lifetime. It reminds me so of my college and engineering days. My body's old but I don't care, 'cause I don't need no easy chair. Of course Google+ will erode in time in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics but hopefully the erosion will be confined to unvetted social Circles that are more suited to Facebook. Bottom line is that there's a need for both Facebook and Google+. So it goes ... Sweet ol' Harmon