Tuesday, August 18, 2009

THE CHET BAKER BLUES + MORE FERRON FUN +QUIZ WINNERS

Chet Baker

About 10 or 12 yers ago my son in law, Bubba, put me on to a great jazz trumpeter and vocal artist named Chet Baker. I became an instant fan and have collected many of his CD's. I didn't know much about him except that he peaked out in the 1950s and eventually suffered from very serious drug problems. Recently I saw a movie on The Sundance network titled "Let's Get Lost." It is a documentary made in 1989 about Baker, his carreer, struggles with herion addiction, and ultimate death of an apparant suicide at age 58. If you are a Chet Baker fan, I recommend renting the movie. If you are a jazz fan I recommend that you discover the trumpet and voice of Chet Baker.
....voo



























Chet Baker

1929 -- 1988








MORE FUN UNDER THE UTAH SUN


ANOTHER WEEKEND AT FERRON WITH:

Voo and Zoo
The Wire Nuts
The Tiny Terrors
Oil Can
Canal Walker
Spike
Sally




Spike pointing a Rainbow at the end of a tight line.










The Rainbow turned out to be a Brooke
Trolling and fly fishing were, once agin, very good at Ferron over the past weekend.
Barb and I were late getting there on Friday night and the Wire Nuts had supper waiting for us. Andy and the kids bedded down in Tiny Terror Village and the rest of us stayed in the cabin. Early the next morning Spike woke me up and wanted to go fishing. I explained to him that I was still kind of tired and that he should go by himslef and start without me. He quickly scampered off towards the lake. About 20 minutes later, as I was making some coffee, I heard a commotion outside and went to the front porch. Sure enough. Here came Spike up the hill from the lake with one of the biggest Rainbows I had ever seen. Needless to say he was very proud.
(see below)












NEW ADDITION TO CABIN WALL


The very tasteful skull towel hanger that is pictured above was a gift from my good friend, Oil Can. That's right, Oil Can. Thanks Oil, I like you better than Costanza, F Bomb, Stainless, Kramer, and Marconi.




FLY OF THE WEEK



THE ROYAL WOLF
This is my new favorite fly.




KNOT OF THE WEEK




The Midshipman


CABIN CHORES


Halloween lights are already on at the cabin......






Handy Andy splitting logs...........





No log is too big for the powerful arms of Wire Nut....




Opie putting plates where the glasses should be....





Wire Nut washed all the windows even though window washing is considered "bitch work" by most Manti guys.




MORE TROLLING


Launching the boat............





Truck full of Tiny Terrors.................





Wire Nut's method of trolling...............




Battling the wind....






Lane scores....................





THE MANY FACES OF LANE
















Opie ignoring her kids..................





Opie being pensive....





Bundled up..





Success.....................





Maddie readys the net.......









HELP ME !!!!!!!!!





Hanging with the A Man..........








Although it was cold and windy the Tiny Terrors managed to hook up with about 10 fish in about an hour of trolling and kept three of them for supper.......



SPECIAL CABIN GUEST

"CANAL WALKER"


Famous coffee drinking, wine connoisseu, Canal Walker Mills, visits the Ferron Compound.

C.W.




As a guest of Oil Can, CW arrived at the cabin with Oil in his Razer.........






SHIRT OF THE WEEK


Canal Walker also won honors of having the highly honored shirt of the week................




Beauty and the Beast






CW finishing off her third bottle of wine........................





What a lovely couple..... at least 50% lovely.


Come again CW, You are always welcome at the compound. Even if you have to come alone..... actually we would prefer that you do come alone.




PAINTED TOES OF THE WEEK

These happen to belong to our merry little friend...................Oil Can.







BAD HAIR DAYS OF THE WEEK


Second Place: Donald Trump






First Place: Phil Spector




OUTDOORS WITH RANGR BOB



"Hi folks. Ranger Bob here. The other day I was out climbing a tree in my back yard and setting out some poison bate for a couple of Bald Eagles that have been annoying me. I was using a Spotted Owl that I had shot in the woods and laced with stricknine as bait. Suddenly my cell phone rang and it was President Obama. President Obama said, " Ranger Bob, now that I am head of General Motors, do you have any ideas on what I can do to turn the company around and make it profitable." " Yes I do, Mr. President, I have a great idea. Recently the Salt Lake Tribune had an article about the fact that more and more people are buying used cars because thay cannot afford new cars any more. Suddenly a light bulb came on in my brain. Why doesn't GM start building used cars? That's where the market is. The demand is there. The financing is there. If GM would quit building new cars by 70% and concentrate on building used cars I think it would soon put them back in the black." "That's a great idea, Ranger Bob," said the pres. "I will go to the brain trust of GM and impliment your idea immediately. You are a true American, Ranger Bob." "Thanks Pres, " I said, "I just want to be a good citizen."



That ended my conversation with Mr. Obama and I must say I felt pretty good about it. That same day I also had some luck with by eagle bait. Do any of you readers need some eagle feathers?


....Ranger Bob




THINK USED






BOOK OF THE MONTH


This is a great novel and I have recommended it to my grandkids.

.....Voo





QUIZ WINNERS


2005 WORLD SERIES QUESTION


First place---- Oil Can
Oil answered the quiz correctly stating that the 2005 World Series was the only time that one team won two games on the same day in series history.
He wins a double scoop ice-cream cone at Candies on Main



Tied for second ---- The Dude
(Three way tie)
The Dude wins a single scoop cone because he stated that the 2005 series was the first one where tracking devices were used on TV to track balls and strikes.





Tied for second ---- Joyce Eliason AKA J lo AKA Little Lois
Another single scoop cone goes to Little Lois for stating that game number 3 of the 2005 series was the longest game in series history.





Tied for Second...........Bubba AKA Circus Boy
The final cone goes to Bubba for stating that it had been over forty years since the White Sox were in a series and the Astros had been in existence for over 40 years without ever being in a series until 2005.
Congratulations to all four winners. The final say on excatly who deserved first place was handled by our rules and regulations committee, headed by Little Lois.




NEW QUIZ

QUIZ OF THE WEEK
This person appeared weekly on a hit TV show during most of the 1950s. Who is he?


A vacation in Spain may be waiting for the winner of this quiz. The deadline is Monday 24, 2009, at 11:59 PM.
Good night and good luck.
......Voo


















































6 comments:

hayleyrowan said...

do you think maddy could teach milo how to catch some fish? ask him how many he caught last trip... actually you don't have to ask, I'll tell you - zero.... when do you think you will feature a blog quiz with some current, pop culture questions? i'm at a disadvantage because i was born in the wrong decade.

Robyn Cox said...

Those are some very flattering pictures that you posted of me, Dad. Thanks! I wish I looked like Aunt Joyce!!

joyce Eliason said...

Aunt Joyce wishes she looked like Aunt Joyce.

LJ said...

WOW VOO! You are amazing! Who needs a book. Thanks for the honors of the Shirt of the Week. Loved the visit to the cabin and the hospitality from your family. Old Oil Can makes a great ride. Hope to come again. I want to look like Aunt Joyce! That's Right!
Canal Walker...

Circus Boy said...

Dear Voo-
Where did you find that depiction of me on the unicycles? I like it a lot. I love the new music on your site. And I love the tribue to Chet. Very nice post. Lots more I haven't fully digested yet. Good stuff.
-Bubba

joyce Eliason said...

Since I haven't received necessary information to determine a correct answer for the latest quiz-- I am declaring myself the winner.

Lil Lo

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