The wind is whistling a tune we like to hear

The dog takes a moment to assess the weather. 

Thursday morning at sunrise the clouds were hanging thick when the dog and I went for our walk.  Just like clockwork another cool front is passing through.   The rain was sputtering and the wind was blowing in fits and starts.  I guess you could say the weather was unsettled.  The dog walked out of the fence and headed east on the paved road which is something he usually doesn't like to do.  I followed along behind and we took our time and enjoyed the wet windy morning that was breaking.  The wind whistling through the leaves in the tree tops is a sound that we here on the Gulf Coast usually associate with thunder storms or hurricanes in the summer.  When we hear it in the fall we welcome it as a sign that the summer has come to an end and our mild winter is about to start.  We now have about 20 days left in our hurricane season so we will hope and pray that the next couple of weeks won't bring any surprises.

The wild persimmons are small but tasty. 

 As we made our way back I decided to stop off at the unoccupied home of a neighbor to have a look at the wild persimmons growing in the front yard.  The fully ripe wild persimmon is very small. About the size of a half dollar.  The few that have been left by the birds and squirrels have now ripened and are very sweet and soft.  I cut one open and found it very tasty albeit very small.

The inside of the persimmon is seedy.

 They have  large seeds which don't allow much space for the fruit.  There is also a domestic Hayashi persimmon growing nearby.   I have found out the hard way that the Hayashi persimmon must be allowed to ripen completely before they can be eaten.  The other domesticated persimmon grown in this area, the Fuyu,  can be picked while not completely ripe and then ripened the rest of the way after picking.  Eating an unripe persimmon is like taking a drink of gasoline. Personally,  I think the taste of gasoline may be a tad bit better than that of an unripe persimmon but in any case the results are the same.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  I hope you are getting out to walk in your area before winter sets in.  Bye.

Crossing a swamp on dry land

The trees were teasing out their share of the morning sun. 

Our walk on Wednesday morning took us to the west end of the dirt road.   The dog was walking characteristically far ahead of me while I stopped to take some photos of the morning sun shining on the trees.  The intensity of the clear blue morning sky was contrasting nicely with the green trees and red dirt road.  I really prefer the morning for taking pictures because there is so much contrast in the colors  making the subjects more interesting.   We continued on our walk up to the end of the road and I ventured into what had been a swampy area until the rain stopped a month or so ago.

The dog shops for rotten sticks in the land of plenty. 

 Now this area like the stream I talked about the other day is dry and the leaves are covering what was a muddy swamp just a few days ago.  The trees here have adapted to being in water for a period of time each year. If you look closely you will see that most of the trees have been standing in a least one foot of water during this summer.  The swamp will fill with water after a heavy rain and the frogs and mosquitoes go crazy for a while until the water disappears again.  As we wandered around the dog  enjoyed the good selection of rotten logs some of which he stopped to chew on.

This fungus looks good in red. 

 The bracket fungus growing on those rotten logs has taken on a bright red color.  I believe this is due to the change in temperature.  There is a lot of this type fungus growing in this swampy area.  The mosquitoes have not been deterred by the cooler weather and found me very quickly.  If you want to walk comfortably in these normally wet areas you need to wait until  January when temperatures fall below freezing at night.  The cold will send the biting insect scurrying  for a warm place to wait it out.  Today though they sent me scurrying for the road while biting me on my neck and hands unmercifully. I guess turnabout is fair play.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.

Desperate times call for desperate measures

The dog checks out the conditions ahead.  

On Tuesday morning the weather was very nice when the dog and I left our yard to go down to the Pig Farm.  There were some high broken clouds but for the most part the sun was shining through.  The time has changed here in the U.S. and we have switched from Central daylight savings time to  Central standard time.  That means everyone in the country moved their clocks backward one hour.  I am trying to maintain myself on daylight savings time at my home because I am always late for everything.  I do this every year and it works for a little while then I have to give up.   The end result is my day is an hour longer than everyone else and I just wind up tired.  I will keep it going as long as I can though and try to redeem the time as it were.  As I said we walked down to the Pig Farm and found everything in order there.

Desperate roots of the Magnolia attempting to stay upright.

As we were leaving I did see something interesting.   The water in the stream that runs under the road has washed the soil from the roots of a magnolia tree on it's bank.  The magnolia appears to have grown it's root system in response to the constantly eroding soil.   The result is that the roots are growing in all directions grasping at straws in an attempt to keep the tree vertical.  The efforts of the roots to hold the tree upright seem to be succeeding for now but the tree is starting to lean.  Inevitably the tree will fall in a storm or high water but for now it is OK.

My dog the pumpkin eater. 

We walked back toward the house and along the way the dog found a discarded Jack o lantern pumpkin in the field.  He may have thought it was a ball or maybe he liked the taste of it because he picked it up and ran home with it stopping every now and then to chew on it a little.  My dog eats all types of vegetables, fruits and nuts.  He has in the past shown a preference for blueberries, oranges, peanuts, pecans, cherry tomatoes, okra and squash.  Now I guess I can add pumpkin to the list.  The list of strange characteristics my dog exhibits is starting to get pretty long.   If this keeps up I may need to seek professional help...for the dog that is.   Just kidding.  Thanks for reading my blog.  Bye.

Chasing the morning sun

The rays of the sun drift silently across the sleeping soybeans.  

On Monday morning the dog and I had to walk to several locations to get a look at the sunlight streaming through the clouds.  The angle of the sun at this time of the year puts the morning sun very much to the south which makes getting to the place where you can see it a trick.  We walked up to the turnip green patch and I noticed that the breaks in the clouds and the humidity in the air were creating some visible rays spreading out under the clouds.  We could not see the effect very well because of the trees so we had to hurry down to the soybean field where after climbing through the barbed wire fence we were able to take a photo.  Sometimes you stumble into a good photo and sometimes you have to really look for it.  Most of the time though there is a least one good picture in every walk.   As I turned around to leave the soybean field I noticed that a summer flower common to this area was still blooming.

Latanas have not made a nuisance of themselves, yet. 

 This was the Lantana flower which is very beautiful with multicolored blooms.   The Lantanas are an introduced species that has found a home here in the southeast United States.  Lantanas have not become the invasive species here in the U.S. that they have become in many other parts of the world.  I believe our birds do not like the Lantana seeds.  Also the winters in Grand Bay tend to kill the Lantana to the ground which keeps their spread in check.  Chalk one up for Grand Bay on the invasive species score board.  After struggling with the barbed wire fence again I managed to get on the road and we made our way back home.

Liquid sunshine hangs in the trees.

 I went around to our back yard to check on the oranges.  The Hamlin Louisiana sweet oranges are now turning a bright yellow color due to the last couple of cold snaps we have had.  The oranges are turning yellow very early this year.  Usually they are still showing some green even at Thanksgiving day at the end of November.   I tasted of the juice and it is quite good for this time of the year.  All of the citrus in the Grand Bay area is ripening early this year.   Grand bay is famous for it's Satsumas.  They are a mandarin orange that is easy to peel and is segmented.  Apparently we have the best climate in the country for Satsumas.  They become very sweet and some trees bear as much as 400 pounds of them.   Look for the names Session's farms or Rebel farms in your store's produce section when you buy your fall Satsumas and you will experience the best available.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.

My point is lost on the dog

The steep angle of the fall sun creates pretty sun rays.  

Wow!  On Sunday morning it was very cool.  The temperature in Grand Bay Alabama when the dog and I left home was 42 degrees.  To many people across the country that may not seem very cool but here it is considered downright cold.  Anyway the dog loved the weather and was ready for his walk this morning.  We walked up to the west end of the dirt road so we could get our 1 mile of walking in this morning.  When we arrived at the end of the road and started back I happen to notice that the light passing through the trees was producing some interesting effects.  I stopped to take a picture and I believe the photo shows the rays of sunshine coming through the trees more clearly than I could see them.

The comfortable cat looks down at the dog in derision. 

  A little farther down the road where the Yellow Jacket nest used to be the dog treed a cat which scurried up onto a safe limb.   Once safe up the tree the little gray cat simply stared unconcerned down at us while the dog attempted unsuccessfully to climb the tree as I looked on.   The dog has only a vague understanding of where things are when they climb up into trees above his head.  Unless he can see the offending cat or squirrel  running up the tree he will loose track of it once it over his head.

The dog barks in the blind. 

 All of my pointing and gesturing is wasted on the dog as he simply doesn't understand what I am trying to tell him.  He is very smart in many ways but he has never caught on to what it means to point at something in the distance.  It is sometimes funny because  I will point to a bird or rabbit and he will look in the opposite direction or anywhere but where I am pointing.  I know this now and I try to connect him with the object of interest in other ways.  He seems to understand where I want him to look  when I talk in the direction of an object so I will call to a squirrel in the yard while looking at it "Look out squirrel or cat, or bird, the dog is coming after you".  He will then look in that direction and see what it is that I see and go after it.  Oh well, live and learn.  I guess he doesn't quite have me trained yet.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.

My debt repayment plan

The clouds are running away from the blue sky behind them.

On Saturday morning the clouds were moving quickly to the south and blue sky could be seen on the western horizon.  The air was very cool and dry with a temperature of 57 degrees.  The dog and I walked up to the east end of the paved road to have a look at things. When we arrived at the end of the road we turned around and were greeted with a very nice looking cloud layer just ahead of the clearing line.  The patterns made the sky look like a painting.
  On the way back to the house I saw an evening primrose blooming quietly on the roadside covered with droplets of dew.   This is one of the last wild flowers still blooming this season.

The four o'clocks are very pink.

Look closely to see the dew droplets.

  When we arrived home the sun had broken through and a beautiful day complete with blue skies and cool temperatures lay ahead. I decided to  walk around to the back yard and have a look at the plants that were still growing there. I have some four o'clocks growing on the side of the house and they are continuing to bloom and make seeds for next years plants. The pink color of the four o'clocks is very intense.

Will my tomatoes make it?

The tomatoes I planted awhile back have really begun producing green tomatoes.  I am not sure if they will make it to harvest though as the first frost is headed our way quickly.

These peppers are pretty hot.

I also have a pepper plant with quite a few peppers on it.  The pepper plants just loaf around all summer then come on strong about this time every year.  I am going to make some hot pepper sauce from these colorful peppers when I get a free moment.

Enough walking. Let's ride.

The dog ran around to the front yard and jumped into the truck ready to take a ride.  On Saturdays and Sundays we ride down the road in the truck to get coffee and danish at the gas station.  My family, friends and acquaintances tell me I have spoiled my dog by walking him everyday and taking him in my truck with me to various places.  I guess you would have had to be there for the past five years to know that my dog has given to me far more than I have given to him.  All my dog asks in return is the opportunity to spend time with me.  What a deal.   Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.

In my dogs mind a mouse is a turtle

The wind was blowing in the treetops while the clouds rushed by. 

Friday morning the weather was ominous and lowering when the dog and I left for our walk.  A front was in the process of passing through the area.  The north wind had started to blow and the clouds were rushing quickly to the south.  This is usually a signal that cool clear weather is not far away.  The temperature although comfortable in the low 70's was dropping quickly.  We hurried up to the west end of the dirt road where we could hear the wind blowing through the tops of the trees.  There had been a small amount of rain sometime during the night so everything was dripping wet.  The dog ran into the wet brush along the side of the road for a few moments and soon popped back out again.  He had something in his mouth and his tail was wagging which indicated it was something he liked.  He ran across the road and sat down in the bushes to work on his prize so I walked over to investigate.  The thing that he had was a discarded USB computer mouse.   I believe he honestly thought it was a turtle because he was chewing on it the same way he chews on turtles.  My dog LOVES to chew on turtles.  I tried to get it from him but he growled and acted like he would bite me.  I grabbed the wire and pulled but he pulled back until it broke.  I finally managed to get him to fumble it into the leaves and I pretended to kick it away and the dog lost track of it.  I quickly grabbed it and tossed it over a nearby fence into the woods.  The dog of course was frantic to get it back but as I had started back home with a stick in my hand he quickly gave up and started running after me and the stick.

A small Popcorn tree dresses in fall colors.

As we approached our house I saw a tree that can provide this area with some fall leaf color.  It was the Chinese Tallow or Popcorn tree.  If the conditions are right the leaves on the bottom of the the tree will start turning yellow then orange and finally red before falling to the ground.  The color change will progress up the tree and last about two to three weeks.  The tips of the bare limbs will hold on to white bundles of seeds that look like popcorn which is why it is called the Popcorn tree.  The seeds are eaten by birds and spread around the area where it seems almost all of them spring up into more trees.  This is how the Popcorn tree has become an invasive species here in Grand Bay.   Thanks for reading my blog today.  I hope you have a good day today.  Bye.

Just a few more minutes of Summer

The field is decorated in fall colors

On Thursday morning the dog and decided to walk in the woods behind the unoccupied home just up the street.  The four wheeler trail is still a good way to get to the woods but the grass itself is starting to turn yellow.  Almost all of the fall wild flowers have finished blooming and have dropped their seeds.  The soybeans in the field next to this one stand dry and ready to harvest.   We walked on into the woods and found that the spiders that were there a few days ago have gone into hiding now.  They are most likely laying eggs and putting them in a safe place to spend the winter.  The webs will continue to hang in the woods untended until they deteriorate and fall.  The hunters have placed salt licks here to try and attract deer to the area so I always have to be careful when walking in the woods on the weekend or I could get shot.

The dog heads home with another prize.

We made it to the end of the trail and by then of course the dog had found a large stick to carry home.  He likes the rotten limbs that fall from the trees and break up on the ground.  As we walked back I noticed a very large Oak tree was covered in green moss at the base of it's trunk.

More moss on the north side.  

The moss made it look like something from Shrek or Lord of the Rings.  This tree is maybe 60 or 70 feet tall and has no limbs till somewhere around 40 feet above the ground.  It is a really nice looking tree.

It looks tall because it is.

 

We headed on back to the house where I had to clean up a mess the dog made.  As you know he is a collector and on Wednesday night during our walk he picked up the neighbor's new phone book which had been dropped off next to their mailbox.

He won't be making calls anytime soon.

He ran home ahead of me and began chewing it up and when he was inside the gate he tore it all to pieces.  I had to take my own copy down to the neighbors mailbox and leave it as a replacement.  I try to explain to the dog that it is OK to tear up the junk mail and discount coupons but that we may need the phone book at some point in the future.  I get the feeling he is not listening.  Thanks for reading my blog.  Bye.

Stinkbugs are not good house guests so I ask them to leave

Gloomy. A little overcast can go a long way. 

The weather on Wednesday morning was somewhat overcast when the dog and I left our yard to go walking.  The overcast gives the morning a rather sad outlook that is probably just my imagination. The temperature though was comfortable in the high 60's and the humidity was around 80 percent.  Except for the overcast this type of weather is very agreeable for walking.  We walked up to the turnip patch and found the turnip greens are being harvested in great numbers now.  Several rows of plants have been pulled.  For some reason the dog likes that field and walks around in the greens sniffing and occasionally stopping to pick up something to eat.  I think the owner of the field may have worked compost or chicken manure into the soil and the dog thinks it is something he can eat.  Yuck.  We made our way back to the house and walked around in the yard a bit.

The pink Mums say thanks again. 

 I found the Mums I have in a pot are blooming nicely now.  I rescued these mums 2 years ago after someone threw them out on the dirt road.  They have shown their appreciation by staying alive through the hot dry summer and then blooming in the fall.   Another plant I have in a pot is a Mulberry plant that my brother gave me which I need to plant in the ground this fall.

The Mulberry thinks it is spring.

 About a month ago the weather suddenly became dry after much rain and the Mulberry dried out in it's pot and the leaves fell off.  I thought it had died but I watered it and the leaves grew back out again.  After the leave came back on it produced some Mulberries which it has never done before.  I'll make note of how they taste when they get ripe.  As I walked up to the house to feed the dog his breakfast I saw that a group of Stinkbugs had huddled on the brick wall.

Stinkbugs got to go.

 The temperature is apparently to low for them now and they have found a warm spot to stay for a while.  They may stay there through the entire winter in a semi hibernation.   They will move if touched but very slowly.  I will eventually be moving the entire group down the road into the woods as they are a pest in my garden in spring.  No use in making my spring garden their first buffet after a long winter's nap.  Thanks for stopping by to read my blog.  Leave a comment if you like it,  or leave a comment if you don't like it, either way it's OK with me.  Bye

Giving a voice to a silent stream

The stream is sleeping till it rains again. 

On Tuesday morning I had the dog back walking with me again.  He was ecstatic about arriving home on Monday evening and ran around in the yard and could not wait to play ball or walk or ride in the truck.  This morning he was ready to go for a walk so we ambled down to the pig farm.  The pigs have now departed for the Greater Gulf States fair in Mobile Alabama which is not far from my home.  All was quiet in the barns now.  We turned aside into the woods where the little stream runs.   The stream has now gone dry and is showing the red sand washed down from the paving of my road several years ago.  The leaves falling from the trees are beginning to cover the sandy bottom of the stream and will eventually cover it completely till the next big rain.  The woods are somber and quiet at this time of year when the activities of the animals who live there are beginning to decline.

Magnolias guard the ground jealously.

 I stopped to take another look at the magnolia grove and noticed that the leaves that have fallen on the ground are forming an impenetrable layer.

The Magnolia leaves take on all comers.

 Almost nothing can grow through the leaves and if anything does manage to get through the shade created by the magnolias will starve it for sun light. No need for a lawn mower here.   It was good to be walking with my dog again this morning.  You don't realize how much company that even a dog can provide.  I missed the dog for those few days I was traveling.  I enjoyed my trip out of town but it is good to be back home where everything is normal again....Sort of.   Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.

The land stands ready for the change of seasons

The shadows from the early sun are fascinating to me.

Today the dog comes home.  If all goes well at work I will pick him up this afternoon.  I walked by myself up to the west end of the dirt road and then started back.  As I walked out of the trees the shadows and colors on the road were really nice looking so I stopped and took a photo.  We are now at a point in the season where the summertime things have stopped growing and the fall and winter plants are just beginning to show up.  It is as though nature is taking a break from the frenzy of summer to rest before the winter work begins.  The animals are preparing as well.  The birds have stopped nesting and are moving their young to areas that will sustain them through the winter.  The squirrels have begun making those nests that look like a ball of leaves way up in the tops of trees.  Since the days are cooler the reptiles are doing a lot of sunning in the morning and afternoon to keep their body temperatures up.  We usually get a frost sometime shortly after Halloween.  The  weather then will slowly begin to change to the sunny days with a chilly wind or the cold rainy days both of which represent the winter we know here on the Gulf Coast.  For the most part though it is a good place to spend winter as there are many days when the temperatures will rise into the 60's and 70's all though the season.  Sleet and snow are so rare as to be a source of curiosity when they occur.  As I have said before winter here is much like spring in the rest of the country so many of us use this time to plant winter gardens.  That reminds me I have collards that need planting.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye

Today I walk alone

No dog to watch this morning.  

On Sunday morning I started walking up to the east end of the paved road.   For the last 5 years I have had very few days where I walked by myself.   When I know that the dog is OK and safe it is a little less disturbing. Still I find myself looking for him and I feel the grip of loneliness preventing me from being as observant as I would normally be.   The sun was beautiful though and the air was cool and comfortable so I began to loosen up  a little.  I walked up to the private dirt road and stopped at the Chinese Chestnut tree. I was sad to discover that the crop of chestnuts this year are very small and almost unusable.

The Chestnuts are small.

 I only found a few nuts that came close to a size I could use.   I think that the pollination may have been disturbed by the heavy rains we had earlier this year but that is speculation on my part.  I searched through many of the pointy shells lying on the ground and they were either empty or too small to use.  The local pecans have also suffered this year from a fungus that makes the nuts fall early.   Only those who pay to have their trees sprayed with fungicide have any pecans this year.   Well there is always next year.   Thanks for reading my blog today.  I hope you have a great Sunday. Bye.

All good things must come to an end

During our visit we had a beautiful view from the glass wall. 

On Saturday we began our trip home by stopping off at my bosses Aunt's home in Winter Park Florida.   She and her husband have a beautiful home which over looks a small lake.   I had never met these relatives of my boss when they came to visit our town and had heard many things about them.  His aunt was the perfect hostess and provided us with a wonderful lunch and packed a snack and drinks for us to carry home with us.  Her husband whose health is poor right now was once a librarian of congress and was a personal friend of Robert Frost the poet.   He had many photos of his time there but due to his fragile condition was not able to relate to me much about them.  After a visit of an hour or so we said our good byes and headed back out onto the road.

Good to see my front door at last.

  We left Winter Park around 1200 noon and made it back home at 745 pm which is making pretty good time.  We unpacked , returned the rental car and I made it back to my home at around 9 pm.   Not a bad day at all.  It was good to see my front door at last.   I won't be able to pick up the dog from the Kennel till Monday afternoon at which time I am sure he will be ready to leave.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.

Come to the place where all your dreams come true. Yes they really do

This place is absolutely spectacular.

I was excited as a little kid on Friday morning when my boss and I pulled up to the entry gate at Disney World in Orlando.   I had never been there though I had worked in the area several times in the past.  I just did not want to go there alone.  Well on Friday after nearly 50 years of seeing this place on TV and in books and magazines I finally stepped out onto the parking lot and began my journey to make one more dream come true.  We rode the trolley up to the ticket booth and paid for a one day pass to the Magic Kingdom.  Once inside the park we walked over to the monorail station and in a few minutes a fantasy ship slid quietly up in front of us.

The Dreamweaver train.

  I know the monorail is just a people mover but I still have memories of Walt Disney enthusiastically describing the system on the wonderful world of Disney so many years ago.  The doors of the monorail opened silently and we stepped in and were whisked away in air conditioned comfort.  We circled the park and stepped out at the ferry terminal.   My boss was directing our movements as he had been there with his daughter 25 years earlier.  He wanted me to see as much of the park as possible in one day.  Once we were on the ferry we crossed the lake and arrived at the train station.   We hopped on the old time steam  train and rode all the way around the park where we saw many beautiful vistas along the way.   We arrived back at the train station and we stood up on the balcony and caught a wonderful view of the Castle.  We walked down the main street to the Castle where a live show was occurring with lots of Disney characters.  It was absolutely awe inspiring.

Pictures can't do it justice.

 The Castle is much larger than I thought it would be and towered hundreds of feet into the air.  The open air pavilion at the front of the Castle was huge and the sound system made it seem as though you were on stage with the characters.  It was as though you were wearing head phones.  I am not sure how they did that.

Life on the Mississippi in Florida. 

 We left from the Castle and began our trip through the park.  It seemed as though we were in a small town that constantly changed from the 1400's to the 1700's then to the 1800's and then to the present and on to the future.  The place is really amazing in that so many people are there with you but it never seems crowded.  We visited the Haunted mansion,  the Hall of Presidents,  the Carousel of Progress,  the Monsters incorporated comedy floor, Space Mountain and the Thunder Mountain Rail road.  Space mountain and Thunder Mountain were two of the best rides I have ever ridden on.

Space Mountain, top ride in the park.

  If you go do not miss them. Our last stop was the Swiss Family Robinson tree house which was an amazing site.  The tree is extremely large and houses several of the shelters mentioned in the original story.  The man made tree is so realistic that only an expert would detect that it was not real.  There was a real tropical jungle under the tree with a stream flowing through it.  Paths and walks lead into and out of the jungle giving you a good look at the stream and the foliage.   The park was hosting The Not Very Scary Halloween Party with Mickey at 7 pm so we had to start heading out as we did not plan to attend the party. We caught a spectacular view of the Castle lit for the special occasion.

A most spectacular end to my day. 

We headed to the small launches that travel to various resorts around the park and rode the boats to several of the resorts to view the park from the water.  We at last disembarked at the Contemporary Resort and caught the Monorail which travels through the resort building itself.  This resort is the one everyone wants to stay in and has always been the representative of Disney in my imagination since my childhood.  We rode the monorail back to the parking lot and caught the trolley out to our car.  I left the park with many of my childhood fantasies having been made into a reality.   It was truly a wonderful day.  Many Thanks to my Boss for such a great idea.   Thank You for reading my blog today.  Bye.

Walking into the future

The epicenter of a coming technology earthquake. 

My boss and I arrived in Orlando Florida at around 2 am on Thursday morning.  After a little rest and breakfast we rode over to the Orange County convention center where the SGIA Expo was being held.  This show was for companies in the reprographics and wide format printing industry.  Our purpose in going to the show was to see the new Xerox wide format graphics plotter.  This is a game changing machine with new technology from Memjet.   The system can print color on paper at a speed of 30 feet per minute.  With a 42 inch width and small foot print I believe this machine has no equal. In the future I feel that I will remember this day when this printer becomes the IPhone of the printing industry.    We spent the day walking through aisle after aisle of printers and printing technology.   It was really fascinating to see the many different types of printing systems all the way from printing on bottle caps to printing on the side of a building. I think we must have walked about 5 miles during the day so I got my walking quota in for the day.

Very nice facility for a show.  

 This was one of the better shows I have been to and the feeling I got from the vendors was one of enthusiasm about the future.  As a technical person I am very pleased with the way the printing industry is recreating itself.  Seemingly every new technology that has come on to the market recently has made my job easier and my customer's lives easier.  I am sure there will be bumps in the road with this and just about any new system that makes it to market but I know that with time the benefits will be apparent.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.