Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!

Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.

Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.

Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.

August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Asian Pear Harvest

I planted an Asian Pear tree in our backyard about 5 years ago in 2006. It had 4 different Asian pear varieties grafted onto one trunk. Sadly two years ago when the tree was heavily laden with fruit, a wind storm broke one of the grafts away from the trunk. We thought perhaps the tree would die after that. I researched ways to treat the wound, and most people online recommended just cutting the broken branch off as cleanly as possible and leaving the trunk to heal itself instead of pasting some kind of salve and bandage on it. So that is what I did, and the tree has survived and fruited the last two Summers. 2011 yielded an abundant crop of the remaining three varieties. Too bad the bands on the tree are long gone and I have no idea what the names are anymore. One variety is the very round, light yellow skinned pear with a delicate sweetness and extremely juicy insides. That one ripened first. The other two varieties are similar in color to each other and very golden brown, but one is slightly larger and has more freckles or pores on the skin. This one also has a sweeter insides than the smaller one.
Here are some pics of the tree and fruits that I snapped today. The tree looks about 8' tall with an 8' spread. It is not the prettiest tree, but we love it for its wonderful fruits.
The season is ending and yesterday I picked 25 pears, and today I got another 18. I have given away many bags of these pears to 5 neighbors, my family, friends at the flying field, and Sandy has even taken some to Curves! I have tossed dozens away into the field behind our house over the season due to bugs eating into the fruit. It's been a bountiful harvest of probably 200-300 fruit. We are blessed.
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