Posts By scott
Space Shuttle
An off-topic post for today. Instead of a still picture, I’m offering up a video. An old video.
The background story:
I worked with the Scouts in Columbia years ago with a person who turned out to be my old elementary school’s media director. We were good friends, camping and backpacking together for years. I moved away, years pass….
Then, back in 2004, the librarian at my old elementary school found a VHS taped marked “Space Shuttle: 1981” in storage. She brought it to my friend the media director, they popped it in and my friend immediately recognized the fifth grade version of me on the tape. With no warning or fanfare, they mailed me the tape. I popped it in and had the laugh of my life.
Thanks to Tor Steinke, Elizabeth (Zsoki) Warner, and several others, we have a list of the cast members.
Scott Pennington:Scott Pennington
Kevin Curtis:John Yarley
Brent Coull:A/C Foil Headset Guy
Margaret Hane:Bubble Girl
Read Folline:Read Folline
James Vaughn:George Paige
Cissy Fowler:Meterol.Alicia Duff
Laura McCarthy:Laura McCarthy
Richard Lucas:Comm. John Young
Tor Steinke:Pilot Robert Crippen
Michelle Darby:Interior Girl
Creighton Waters:Heir Waters
Sheila Hardwicke:Pigtail girl in Foreground
Laura Finley:1849 Girl
Nan Epting:1860 Girl
Allison Jones:1860 Cowboy
Dee Patterson:1870 Miner
Katherine Timberlake:1923 Flapper (TV invented March 1925 by the way)
Bev Moore:1975 Pink Girl
Lara Harnick:1975 Brown Girl
Allison Jones:Landing Girl
Helen Hill:Videographer
Kathy Andrieski:Audio
Kay Graham:Audio
Brannon Gregg:Visuals
UPDATE: Helen Hill was the camera operator on this video. If you’re on Facebook, join the cause!
to infinity and beyond
Model rockets. So much fun.
to infinity and beyond
blazin’ sunset
Fire, sunset, lake… how could I not take a picture?
blazin’ sunset
sunset paddle
One more from Camp Tapico. Our last night in camp, after the closing campfire burned down, Ethan and I were walking back to camp when he pointed at the sky and said “Picture. I’ll wait.” I had to laugh. But he was right!
sunset paddle
Camp Tapico
Spent all of last week at Camp Tapico, BSA. Will be posting more pictures soon, but for now need shower, clean clothes, shower, food, shower…. and a real bed. And a shower. Seriously.
Goodbye Tapico. See you next year.
lakeside
off to camp
I’m in the deep woods for a week – no new posts until next Saturday at least. The camera is taggin’ along for the ride, so I hope to have many new pics when I return.
A week without internet…I can do this. I can… I think.
bring the chipper
Tree trouble – but I’m taking advantage of this. Mac has a chipper he’s bringing to help with the downed limb, so I asked if it’d be ok to bring down a few more limbs (the pruning saw way rather than thunderstorms) for the chipper. No problem.
This is just one load of the many I brought down today and tied to the lawn tractor to haul out front for the chipper. My back hurts from the work; my arms ache from the saw, but it’s done.
roped in
tree trouble
Daggum nature. Laughing… oh, the beast of it all. So we had a storm….
About a week ago, we had a huge thunderstorm move through. I came home to find a rather large (about 2ft at the base) limb down in my yard from my favorite maple tree. When I looked, it wasn’t really down but rather still half-attached – on the ground, but still attached to the tree. Neighbor Ron said “Look, it’s on the power lines. Call the power company and let them deal with it.” They did – by trimming it away from the lines and saying “the rest is your problem, buddy.” They were even kind enough to leave the trimmings in the yard and on the deck. Sigh.
Enter the golfing buddies. Two are coming over this weekend with chainsaws and a chipper. Until then, I can’t cut the back nor – more importantly! – use my chipping area for golf practice. Now that is a serious problem.
down
