December 2009
48 posts
Cowboys in OZ!
At last I can watch a Dallas Cowboys football game Down-Under. The Cowboys vs. Redskins game will be broadcast live here. Of course, “live” means Monday afternoon at 12:30 because I live in the future. The horses are fed and I can settle in and watch some NFL in Australia. Southern Cross One HD Television has been showing one random NFL game each week and this time the Cowboys are...
Vote for me in Challenge of Champions
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DPreview is having a year end photo contest by putting all past contest winners together. My slot-canyon image won the Ray-of-Light Challenge a few months ago. If you have a moment please give me your vote. THANKS, ~J
Big wet: Christmas Day floods for NSW →
Last week it was fire, this week flood! I really was not dreaming of a wet Christmas. While my friends and family are having a White Christmas back in Texas, I’ve got torrential rain. I’ll tell you later about the 16+ deadly spiders living on the porch…
The Longest Day
For most of you this is the shortest day of the year and the longest night. For me, it is just the opposite. Everything is backwards here: Light-switches are flipped down to turn on, Orion is upside-down in the Northern sky (see earlier post), and I am driving on the left side of the road while sitting on the right side of the car. So, having the longest summer day (Summer Equinox) on December...
The fire has burnt approximately 1000 hectares... →
We got lots of rain last night and the winds kept the fire moving away from the ranch.
Sorry for the delay in updates. I am in “The Bush” with no connection to the Internet for now. I am working on it, though! I may not have Internet access but I do have phones. To reach me at the ranch house call (from USA) 011-61-2-6948-2561 my cell number is 011-61-040-764-6652. Use Skype or make sure you have some type of international calling plan. Otherwise, it’ll cost a fortune! ...
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