Spring? Posted by Idaho Girl , Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 10:36 PM, in Labels: Spring

Warmest day of the year so far! Had to get outside. There was a chorus of rototillers, tractors, mowers, and all kinds of outside equipment going! It was hilarious!
I did some burning, raking, clearing and rototilling myself!
Even got daffodils out. Tulips are just barely poking up!

Another trip to my brother’s machine shop Posted by Idaho Girl , Friday, March 23, 2012 at 5:47 AM, in Labels: brother, Leading Edge Machine

Stopped by my brother's machine shop to take some pictures. Been to see him several times, but not the full out tour, since January 2011.

They have added three more employees and two CNC Lathes with live tooling, one CNC Mill, a CNC saw, and a second waterjet. They have another CNC Hurco Mill coming the end of the month.

One of the CNC Lathes:

The two waterjets….now side-by-side:

Some of the parts cut by the waterjet. They are now ready for the break (to bend them into shape).

The Wire EDM machine (LoL…'SODICK')

The wire EDM was cutting these gears:

Hard to see, but this is the wire used in the cutting process:

Got my brother’s hand in front of the picture I took of the other CNC Lathe (LOL!!!)

These are plastic cable seals that came off the Mill 3000 (CNC Lathe with live tooling…YES, a third mill):

Here is one of the manual lathes:

And the other manual lathe (this second lathe came from a school in Detroit):

This is the CNC saw:

These are pulleys that the saw cut and are ready for the lathe:

This part is a transistor diode of some sort. It was run on the Hurco Lathe with live tooling:

Rack full of soft jaws used on the CNC Lathes for holding pars:

These are gears (some of them are the old worn out ones, brought in for measuring to build the new parts) and some of them are the new machined gears:

Sweatshirt I got from the shop for Christmas - I'm a walking advertisement! LoL!!!

February Thaw? Posted by Idaho Girl , Monday, February 13, 2012 at 9:37 PM, in Labels: February, Fields, Logan, Pond, Snow

Next Morning After Serious Snow Storm Posted by Idaho Girl , Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 12:17 AM, in Labels: Snow, Utah

First SERIOUS Snow Storm Posted by Idaho Girl , Friday, November 18, 2011 at 12:08 AM, in Labels: Snow, Utah

A light snow started the morning of November 18. As the day progressed it got worse (as you will see from the pictures below). Looking out of my office at Utah State University, it is obvious how quick the snow accumulated and the drive home was very slow and steady. The roads were slick and piled with snow.

First snow of the season Posted by Idaho Girl , Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 12:01 PM, in Labels: Snow, Utah

Our first snow storm of the season stayed mostly in the mountains.

Fall Evening Posted by Idaho Girl , Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 10:17 PM, in Labels: Autumn, Fall, garden, leaves

A couple photos taken as I gathered leaves, enjoyed the crisp fall air, gathered the last of my garden items, and observed the moon riding in a clear autumn sky.

Digging up the last of my onions.

Almost buried under the leaves!!

Enjoying the crisp cool air and noticing the few leaves left hanging onto the tree branches.

Looking up through the leaves at the moon and you can almost FEEL winter coming!!!

While gathering leaves, I found this pretty little monarch who didn't get out of town before the cold and he must've froze to death.

Couldn't resist getting a shot of his beautiful colors, even though he wasn't alive.

October Harvest Posted by Idaho Girl , Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:26 PM, in Labels: garden, potatoes

The cold temperatures have pretty much wiped out the garden plants and it was time to dig up the potatoes to share and store for use during the winter.

Where they were....

What was left of the peppers; strung up to dry.

Smiley and the praying mantis Posted by Idaho Girl , Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:24 PM, in Labels: praying mantis, smiley

Brings new meaning to smiley face!!!

Amazing what a praying mantis looks like CLOSE UP!