Today

These are the pictures I took today in the order that I took them.You were such a P.Y.T.,

Dan

Flowers

Over the summer I gained a strong appreciation for the beauty of the desert. We generally think of the desert as barren and lifeless. But it's quite the contrary. I think that through my posts we've seen that there is an abundance of life there. I haven't even seen or been able to photograph most of it.
Anyway, what I want to get at is not just how surprised I've been at the beauty of the desert, but specifically the flowers I've seen. It's amazing to me that plants living in such an arid region would expend so much energy producing flowers so lush and moist. But I guess if one of your primary goals in life is reproduction, the flower is quite important and worth the energy.

Get ready to ignite,

Dan

P.S. The first four were taken with our old camera so the quality isn't that good.

Oil and Gas Jobs

A while back I googled "oil and gas jobs". I accidentally did an image search instead of a regular web search. This is one of the images I found. I just want to say that if this is what oil and gas jobs look like, and I have a job in oil and gas, then I should probably grow a sweet handlebar mustache.

Sing to the B.E.A.T.,

Dan

More Facial Hair

So i mentioned in the previous post that I would have like to do weird things to my facial hair. These guys are my inspiration. My heroes if you will.

Willi Chevalier

Stefan Gölz

Memili Rüstüoglu

Karl-Heinz Hillekalle

Ian Grahm

Heinz Christophel

Eduardo

Alois Plettl

Alf Jarrold

One, two, three, four, fight,

Dan

Facial Hair

Before Faith and I started dating, I had a mustache. I used to want to grow it out and stuff, but sadly, my genetics denies me this ability. I knew however that I would be in good company if I ever did grow it out. Look at all the famous and accomplished people with facial hair.

Martin Luther King Jr.Pres. William H. TaftPres. Theodore RooseveltPres. Chester A. ArthurNapoleonCary GrantMark TwianGandhiCharlie ChaplinAlbert Einstein

Do your D.A.N.C.E.,

Dan

Barbie

The other day, Grace and I were hanging out on the deck out back. She's got a little Barbie folding chair and she was pointing at and talking about the butterflies and flowers on it. I pointed to the picture of Barbie and asked her "Who's that?" She looked straight at me with those huge eyes and said in all seriousness "mmmMommy."

Fathers be good to your daughters,

Dan

Boot

I finally got new boots. Leith's stati are weird,

Dan

Embarrassing

I always thought I didn't look that bad in High School. Looking back at my yearbook photos helps me realize my error.

Freshman YearSophomore YearJunior YearSenior Year

He hit the purple jewel on his forehead and then half of his fur fell off,

Dan

Shoulda been an Entymologist

This bug looked like an ant only it was an inch and a half long.
Then they flap their wings at the last second,

Dan

Spider

At work this week, one of my co-workers and I were doing survey's on tribal land. This big ol' spider was sitting in the middle of its web strung between two sagebrush bushes. We almost walked right between them. There's nothing in this photo for scale, but the abdomen is about an inch long.

Leave a message and I'll call you back,

Dan

Warning Sign

I don't know what this means.

Birds fall from the window ledge above mine,

Dan

No horns and not a toad

Can you see the animal in this picture?It's a horny toad.Can I keep him?

Dan

Bowling

I drove by Bowling Ball Lane today. Here's a picture. Can you see how it got its name?

Here's a closer look.

Eye of the tiger,

Dan

Bug

This bug was on the roof of my 4Runner kicking and flailing.

Then it flew a way,

Dan

Yes He is!

Despite the spelling error, I thought this would be an appropriate Sunday post.Come, come ye saints,

Dan

Every Cloud Has its Silver Lining

We want the funk,

Dan

Shouldn't That Sign Read "Road Closed"?

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to be monitoring construction on a well pad when they had to use explosives to break up the bedrock in order to dig deeper. Everyone on site had to move away about a quarter of a mile. I wanted to film the action so I climbed a hill with a couple other guys to get a better view. One of the trucks from the construction company drove back towards the well pad and I assumed they wouldn't blow everything up until they came back so I turned around to take in the scenery. My assumption was wrong. No sooner had I turned my back when a sound like a hundred cannons going off at the same time erupted from what seemed like directly behind me. I nearly peed my pants. One of the guys there said "I don't care how many times you've seen that or how old you are, that's still cool."This week, I was on another monitor. Unknown to me, a nearby well pad was also being blasted. I wasn't ready for that one either. Once again, peeing in my pants was a possibility. Once again, I didn't get to film it. About a half hour later, I noticed small tan spots all over my shirt, pants, and hat. That dust was solid rock not too long ago.Tear the roof off the sucka,

Dan