I’m patiently awaiting for the arrival of some new parts for my Mini-Titan. I wasn’t very happy with the plastic control arms on the rotor head that came with the kit, they tend to flex under load. I’m already running an ACE metal CNC head block on the helicopter, so I’m doing a partial upgrade [...]

Continue Reading I’ve Ordered Some Upgrade Parts for the Mini-Titan e325 Helicopter

Tags: e325, Helicopter

A couple of days ago we posted pictures of the lawn where we had done the Scott’s PatchMaster patch mix over some new topsoil we put down when we were trying to level a large low spot in the lawn. There was no grass to be seen, but I said it would pop up any [...]

Continue Reading Lawn Watch 2009 – First Scott’s PatchMaster Update

Tags: Fill, grass, grass seed, Lawn, patchmaster, Topsoil, Weeds

I did a bit more searching to find out what the plant in the below picture is as I have a couple of them in the front planter.  According to the info I could find they are called Peonies and the ants just like the sugar and stuff that comes off the buds.  I’m not [...]

Continue Reading Budding Plant with Ants Identified

Tags: ants, flowers, planter, Planting Beds

A few orange Iris’ spawned on the road edge by the highway, they’re pretty nice looking as well.   Additionally some more blue and white ones have shown up, and look exactly like the ones shown earlier this month. We had some timed exposure fun tonight out in the yard.  I’m surprised one of us wasn’t [...]

Continue Reading Long Exposure / Light Art Fun and Yellow-Orange Iris’

Tags: fireworks, flashlight, flowers, laser, led, Light Art, Photography, time delay

I hope everyone in the US is having or had a good Memorial Day weekend.  So far I’ve been doing yard work and flying, and tomorrow will probably be grilling as well. I’ve been a bit slow this week in uploading photos and updates on the new patch I put on the lawn on Monday, [...]

Continue Reading Memorial Day Weekend and Another Weekend Update

Tags: ants, BBQ, flowers, Helicopter, Lawn