~ Robert Collier I’m focusing on the little things to repeat so that I can find success. And if I can’t, then at least I can enjoy hummingbirds.

I was cleaning up my photos from the last few days and I found this one taken by the Drone. It’s not that great a shot of our bathroom window from the outside. But if you look closely you can see the drone hovering in the reflection in the window. :-) [caption id=“attachment_251” align=“aligncenter” width=“1024” caption=“Photo from the Drone of our Bathroom”][/caption] I attached the full size image, sorry if you have to scroll.

3" of rain in Seattle equals some flooding in our barn. And our creek has overflowed its banks.

This is where there is a pipe under the road. It’s full.

The overflow pond above the pipe is full too.

And the water is flowing down from the neighbor’s property, and missing the creek entirely. P.S. It’s still raining.

Jaryth and I drove the drone around the house today. I tried to send it up to Mark’s window, but I misjudged the roof and couldn’t get it up there. I’ll try again later.

This is a photo taken from the iPad as the drone was flying. It’s looking at me!

I would say that if you have any interest in RC planes, the AR Parrot Drone is a great toy. I am usually flight impaired, but the controls were easy for me to figure out after only a few flights. Plus, the fact that you can just let go of the controls to have it move back to hover mode is a really nice feature. When I get nervous or think it’s going too fast (or slow or high or low or right into an obstacle or whatever) I just let go and it comes back to hover. Granted sometimes it comes back to hover too slowly, but (I mean, I recognized the impending doom too late) it’s certainly more bullet proof than other flying planes I’ve seen.

Jaryth liked licking the icing. I also learned that marshmallows must be eaten on a stick (courtesy s’mores we had last summer). He yelled “stick! Stick!” over and over until Mark gave him a toothpick.

So, carved a stamp for a Zodiac ring and when I mentioned that the carve was approximately 5"x5" a couple people freaked, saying it was too large. So I made this ATC that showcases the print but is still only 2.5"x3.5". It’s a card AND a pop-up book. ;-)

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I decided to carve a three layer print. It looks odd at first, but as I stamp the layers it really comes out well.

I am drawing my NGPA for a project for my Art class. And to stay inspired, I decided to also try out a challenge from Sue’s site: Out of Border It’s fun! [caption id=“attachment_48” align=“alignnone” width=“300” caption=“NGPA Out of Border”][/caption] I think what would be even cooler is if I wrapped the text around the edge of the birdhouse, rather than having it appear above it. But this is definitely a start. Thanks, Sue, for the inspiration!

Went to the vet with a limp, came home with terminal bone cancer. 9 years isn’t enough!!!