One good thing about getting really tired ... I can sleep!  I was out for 7 hours last night, which is really unusual except when I'm ...

I am one tired hombre...   I suspect my brother Scott is just as tired.  The two of us “pruned” some branches off an old black willow along ...

The drone leaves home ... and we feast again...   Debbie and I ventured out to Blacksmith Fork Canyon this morning, and made two drone fli...

First dual controller flight!   This wasn't super-exciting or anything, but it did give us the chance to get our feet wet with dual c...

Zoom lens test...   Yesterday I received a new lens for my drone's camera: a Panasonic Lumix MFT, 14mm to 42mm power zoom.  Of course ...

A (very) slight improvement...   I just figured out how to add narration to my videos, so now you're going to be subjected to the anno...

First drone video...  I won't be winning any prizes with this, but here it is.  There's no audio because my video editing skills ar...

Badgers and drones...   We had a bit of excitement here this morning, involving the badger at right.  I heard the dogs losing their minds ...

Nearly every day ... something happens that reinforces our happiness with our decision, five years ago, to move to northern Utah.  Yesterda...

Debbie and I ... made a trip this morning up past Hardware Ranch and part way to Ant Flats (our usual wildlife prowl).  I slept very poorly...

Trouble in diphenhydramine-land...   If for some inexplicable reason you're a regular reader of this blog, then you may remember that ea...

The downing...   Last year the honey locust in our back yard was looking pretty bad, sick with something.  We were quite sad about that, as ...

Willows, drones, and other things...   My brother Scott finished pruning the weeping willow in our back yard yesterday, and it looks much ni...

Irrigation ... is probably more challenging than you think.  That's especially so for a large pressurized system, which is how the irri...

A new toy ... and lots of work...  Yesterday I took delivery of a front-mounted auger for my tractor.  This thing is powered by a hydraul...

When I woke up this morning ... it was to the sound of a baler working in the field just to the north of us (the field we're in the p...

Had a busy couple of days...   Our friend and neighbor, Tim D., (along with his wife Jeannie) came over to tell us that they have decided to...

A sonic mystery...   Most mornings at home, I make a cup of tea for myself and a cup of coffee for Debbie.  We both use the same kind of mug...

On precision...   Do you know the best way to gauge the alignment between two pieces of wood?  This need comes up frequently in woodworking,...

Tesla Model X...   Our Model X is still in the shop, as the techs haven't yet figured out the source of one problem I reported.  That pr...