mellow yellow

      and i don't know i can call it much else. last nights freeze probably did in the forsythia but i did manage to get a pic  before the freeze. i covered my peach blossoms and don't know if i did much good . one tree was to tall already after 4 years growth to try and put anything on it. i was knocking more blossoms off . eventually i had to forget that tree and hope for the best as trees are up higher where air flows around them and less chance of freezing. we will see. i also covered the azaleas. i signed up for weather alert through my cell phone and they text me when a weather condition is bad in my area. one reason i signed up for it is that sometimes i am not close to a tv or a radio and yet i almost always carry my cell especially out to the field. these weather alerts inform me of tornadoes and squall lines, telling me to seek shelter. also i really don't like being on a tractor in the field during lightning events. the weather alerts are a good app to have tied to your phone.- Storm watch, Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, Weather News - weather.com  - this is the link to the weather channel and just follow information for receiving cell phone alerts. this will give you alerts only for the town in which you reside and as long as alert is in force it will continue giving you updates. this is tornado season and it helps to always have someone looking out for you. 

         the second picture is from today's trip with my mom and my sister after finishing some important farm business , as we head out with no particular place to go. and along the way we noticed blooms so breathtaking as weeping cherries were doing their thing, the white blossoms  of the bradford pear , and the dark purple blooms of redbud adorned the roadsides. alyssum in mats so thick like carpets were the front yards at places as we drove by.  in port washington , ohio we noticed this old buggy shop building with false western front and i felt it was picture worthy. i think i need someone to drive me, so i can take pictures or i must be able to give better descriptions as to how gorgeous these blooms are and do them justice . and i am thinking next weekend will be the weekend to visit oardc ( ohio agricultural research and development center-wooster, ohio), and visit the flowering crabapple section to thoroughly enjoy the eye candy they have to offer. 

        

        got a little carried away with the pen and created this conceptual design for a carving system that would allow the carver more creativity to a certain degree. the back pack is an electric motor with the power being transmitted through a flexible shaft to a pistol grip control for the carving bar. air would be forced into a helmet also from same motor and also used by the left hand to blow away the chips. multiple battery packs provide the power to run the backpack motor. this would make the chainsaw an extension of your arm. you would wear a suit and it would be cooled by air moving through the suit, allowing the operator more comfort. had an idea one time like this and attached a laser beam to a level a year before it came out in the stores . just took a bubble level and glued to the top of a line level . worked great . maybe someone saw it. oh well guess it was the time for something like that to be invented. and if someone is handy and can invent this , please don't use my picture when applying for your patent , i might look for a lawyer .