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Four days with no reply from Harmon where is he? Maybe Jodi is sitting on him. She used them on the PCT on Sunday!! Boy howdy, I can explain this one ... in the last few weeks: A. My sweet bride got a new iPad. B. My sweet bride got a new Galaxy S-111 cell phone. C. I got a new Nexus 7 Tablet. D. My sweet bride and I converted our home-phone to Verizon Wireless. E. My sweet bride returned from a family reunion in Iowa with an hour of video footage. F. I have been solidifying my Google+ account by joining a number of rewarding Circles that pertain to my main interests. I've been buried up to my lower-lip in tech-support. Big part of it was to support my sweet bride while she produced a video-DVD with the iPad footage she shot of relatives in Dickey-Bibs running an ol' timey sawmill that's located out in the open at the edge of an Iowa cornfield. I see that six or seven local Geocachers have taken the plunge with a Google+ account but haven't made much use of their account as yet. To mention it again Google+ is a service that allows you to interact on a worldwide basis with people that share interests. Google+ is not in any way a Facebook experience and so calls for a different set of skills in order to enjoy the benefits. So far I see very little participation from Geocachers. I'm working up a scheme to make a Geocaching Circle that is both interesting and rewarding. At the outset I spent a day organizing the Yrium-card collection so that I could and did share it with an existing Geocaching Circle. So far BlondHiLites has been the only one to show an interest in viewing and the Yrium-card image galleries. As far as this Geocaching Forum thread is concerned I can only guess that there is some interest because there's very nearly no evidence at all to show that it serves a need. So it goes, Poor ol' Harmon All the farm buildings built from White Oak milled on this old sawmill.

This just in ... Jodi's boots on th' ground.

This just in ... Bouldering but no bushwhacking. Note to Self: One rusty old Sardine can, that's all I ask.

Hey! Hey! I said counter-clockwise. Note to Self: Like marriage ... y' gotta wait twenty minutes for a response, if at all.

This just in ... Good grief!

This just in from Mars ... Curiosity Rover scores FTF at LPR (little pile of rocks). How curious is that?

Jodi, Anythang for you darlin'. Kiss-kiss, Sweet ol' Harmon Mr Harmon,you just kissed me . John John, Look carefully where it says "Jodi."

Jodi, Anythang for you darlin'. Kiss-kiss, Sweet ol' Harmon

BlondHiLites just in ... Let a smile be your umbrella Note to Self: Wet Tee ... hee-hee-hee! T'ain't one thang s'nother.

I got my eye on you, pal! I do like the detail on the jeans. Hey, are those spuds or cow patties? Concho-girl, where y' been? O yeah, Oregon and parts in between haven't y'? Missed y' babe. Those conchos I tacked to your riding breeches are from an Internet western-wear. As to th' flyin' horse-apples, they were contributed by ol' Happy, my Sandy Creek Cowboy mount that not so long ago became infirm and had t' be put down. My years at Sandy Creek Ranch were deeply enriched by Happy and by Ricky D. Goose, both gone to where th' good critters go. I'm sure that you will treasure the honor of being the only cowgirl, or perhaps mulegirl ever honored with flyin' Happy horse-apples. Maybe I can find a shot of Ricky D. Goose to spruce up another BlondHiLites photo. Say, remember th' day we hid those doggone dawg-caches? I'm still lame from a bruised heel that was aggravated by the paved and cobbled streets and closes of Scotland and the two Irelands. Ouch! Kiss-kiss, Sweet ol' Harmon So,I'm surrounded by Quacks I see. Denise, You're thinking of ducks girl. That shot was supposed to get a "Honk" remark from James. Ricky D. Goose was my pal at Sandy Creek Ranch. And you a country gal. By the way, are you o.k., sick in bed, depressed, or what? Whenever I see a Geocaching Forum post I worry about the health of th' posting party. Kiss-kiss, Sweet ol' Harmon Note to Self: Well, o.k., I suppose I have been pickin' on her just a tad.

This just in ... Honk if you know where this is ....

This just in ... A Curious Curiosity: Trucker BlondHiLites

This just in ... Congratulations: Kawickaturn scores FTF on Martian Mount Sharp! Note to Self: NASA spent billions on Curiosity and all they needed was a tricked-out Suzuki.

Mission accomplished ... 'Mon back to Earth Curiosity, y' got'er done.

This just in ... Once in a while no matter how hard y' look y' have t' take a DNF.

That thing will probably DNF! BTW is that Martian Leopard Skin cammo? Doug 7rxc Actually Martian Cheatah Cammo'. Martian Cheatahs are know for their agility what with being able to leap forward by fifty yards in a single bound. Once Mars has been terraformed and civilized it's the right place to put all of our elder-care facilities so's th' ol' timers can get up after they fall. By the way, the URL for that rover image was taken from a related Geocache. For a better view of Curiosity

This just in ... From Mars!

Hi Harmon. Well to tell the truth we cheat a little. Stand them up on end and support them on axles. Google, Images, for 'Human Hamster Wheels' you'll get the picture(s). I might just post a 'restoration' or two for fun. Both I did for cache sites, one was accepted and one a dry no thanks and deleted the images. I think he was more interested his 'sign' Waymark than what it represented. The cache is going strong these days, Texans like their (and our) heritage. Got to find time to finish a few things up as well, but I want to get some caching done! Doug 7rxc Doug, "Human hampster wheels," gotta love it. Fits in with my belief that anything one might imagine will already have a following somewhere in the world. Your experience with offering an image and having it rejected hits home with me. I went through an early stage of image and video editing wherein I expected that others might appreciate my efforts. Didn't take long to realize that people in general have a very short attention span for, dare I say, for anything. So it goes, Poor ol' Harmon

Gosh, how do y' think I feel? When I check Google+ accounts of local Geocachers what do you suppose I see in most cases? A message saying that the Geocacher "Hasn't shared anything with you." Fine, y'all go ahead and share thangs with one onother, don't worry about me. I'll be o.k., I'll just read another old book and die as soon as I'm called. Poor ol' Harmon Note to Self: It ain't like it costs anythang t' share with an ol' man. Note two Self: 'Fraid I'll mess with their photos I'll wager. Note three Self: When have I ever messed with their photos anyway?

Hey look ... They did apply our San Diego Geocachers decal to Curiosity Rover as promised. Seems to me that the search for life on Mars is a bit misguided. Why not just haul a bucket of water up there to set out ... no time at all you would have a bucket full of Martian mosquitos to study. Better yet, send a couple of tick-magnet gals up there to find life as we know it. Sure as heck worked in the wilderness of Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, not naming any names of course. Note to Self: Gotta learn them JPL photographers to frame their shots with a level horizon.

Thanks for that! Of course 'retouching' is one thing, 'restoring' is another, and having fun 'altering' images is another isn't it? I've never done any commercially, but have fun and practice doing 'worthy' pictures for friends and family to save 'history' as it were. Playing with images allows one to build the skill needed to do so and to do something worthwhile at the same time. You are right when you say "retouching is a good thang!". Doug 7rxc, still running in circles up here. Doug, How does one run in circles when there are so many trees in your neck of the woods? Quite right about retouching and restoring, both activities are amongst my great pleasures. At my age it feels grand to know that some old things can be put into new-like condition. Maybe instead of Photoshop some brilliant medical genius should contrive a Peopleshop machine. If that happens I'll be first in line for treatment. One in four people in the U.S., over age, 60 now have a surgical replacement. Altering images is also one of my passions as might be obvious from posted images on this Forum thread. In the extreme it is a challenge to fabricate image content as can be seen in the image above wherein James seems to have a bagpiper serenade. In that image the right half is constructed from tiny tidbits taken from the left half of the image in the fashion explained in the "tsunami retouching" video though, in this case, not done with professional care. I suppose this approach is just a digital version of what painters of the realism ilk achieve with canvas, brushes, and oils. Being dead is not a problem but not living on is a tragedy. Poor ol' Harmon Note to Self: Hmm, one day I must apologize to my Facebook friends for using complete sentences and paragraphs. Note two Self: Maybe not.

Photo retouching is a good thang!

Published: GC3HEA1 NASA Rover Curiosity, 150-million Miles SU Attributes: Oxygen tank, 4WD, water, BYOP. Hint: Nano under stone.

James looks good steering!! How embarrassing! ... they stenciled "Californian" upside-down and off-center on the steering thingy.