Survived the First Weekend

Well it's Monday morning and I'm still moving (although a little slow). It is surprising how hard it is to get back into the work force after sitting on you butt for 10 years. Luckily most of the folks I work with at the golf course are retired too so I don't have to deal much with taking orders from youngin's. I also have learned there are a lot of little things that go into running an attractive golf course. Cleaning carts, pricking up golf balls on the driving range, washing the golf balls, emptying trash, pulling up your pants because you no longer have a butt, etc.

Your not going to see any pictures on here right now because I have not become one of the good old boys yet. I have seen an eagles nest (don't know if it is inhabited or not) and was told that there are some foxes running around. Maybe I will get some photo ops later.

At least now I have something to blog about so check back once in a while. Thanks for stopping by.

I'm Back In...................

Who says there are no jobs? I got one. I am going to be the club pro at the Shoreline Gold course (don't know why they call it cart attendant). Hopefully this job will give me some fuel for this blog as well as some jingle in my pocket (got my eye on a new computer). Had to cross that out in case momma saw it.

It is not hard work. Sometimes I have to be there at 4 AM ( I usually get up to pee then anyway) or I might have to help close up at 10 PM. It should get me some much needed fresh air and sun.

Keep your eyes peeled. I might even get some interesting pics from the course. And don't forget to check out my portfolio at http://prill.zenfolio.com/ .

I wish for you..............

Just wanted to wish all my friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May you celebrate the season in your own special way.

What is this world coming to...............

Hi. Have not posted in quite some time but I could not hold this back any longer. I usually don't do things like this but felt I had to get it off my chest.

Having been born in 1941 I have seen my share of changes in technology, the world and governments. Right now I have to say that our government (USA) is about as broken as I can remember. Nobody seems to be working in our government the way our founding fathers envisioned. I read or heard a while ago some terrorist said that the best weapon against the free world is to disrupt their financial systems. Well look around folks it is happening. And I got to think that maybe we have a sleeper cell in our government all the way up to the White House. In my opinion Obama has disgraced the office of the President.

Please get out an vote this coming election and get rid of the idiots who are supposed to be running this country and I mean democrats, republicans and independents.

Oh, Oh, there's knock at my door. Must be the secret police.

Have a happy holiday what ever your beliefs and let's all work to get back our country.

Northwest Iowa

A week ago my friend the Rich ( the Iowa Farm Boy ) and I took off for three days in Northwest Iowa to do some photo shootin'. I think as much as taking pictures the trip gave us a chance to get away from the rest of the world for a while. We were trying to find some old barber shops and diners as well as fall colors and old barns. Traveling through the small towns we became very aware of just how bad the economy has gotten. We only found two barber shops. One was in a house and the other I would not send my dogs to. As for diners, of the two towns that were closest to where we were staying, we only found one diner and it was in a gas station. If you would like to see some of my pictures from the trip click here.

Zombie Walk

Last Saturday was the annual Zombie Walk in the Benson area of Omaha. This event has grown and is a fundraising event for the Sienna House for the homeless. I have posted some photos on my site to show some of the creative creatures. Click here.

The Rest of the POW WOW

I finally finished processing the rest of the pictures (at least the ones I think are pretty good) from last Saturday's Omaha Indian POW WOW. The costumes and dancing were incredible. I wish I knew more about what the various feathers, designs etc. meant. If you ever get a chance to go to one of these do so. But be warned that some of the POW WOW's do not permit photos. This one did except for one particular part of the ceremony and as far as I could tell everyone obeyed. Here is a link to the pictures.

http://occ.smugmug.com/Gary-Prill/Gary-Events/Gary-Omaha-POW-WOW-2011/19277976_nfwTgP

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