Uh-Oh.....I think my 'A' Player Status is in Jeopardy.

I played Iroquois GC today. I know, I know, it was my Wedding Anniversary. But my lovely wife of 43 years said it was OK. We went out to Breakfast and went out to Dinner. Anyway, I shot a 45 - 43 = 88. Seems I'm stuck on 88. Once again, I hit a lot of good shots, but couldn't keep the bad ones out of my game. I think the worst part of my game is my iron play. My tee shots have been good, my fairway woods OK, my chipping and putting good. If I can count on Mary Lynn hitting good irons in the scramble, we're in the chips! Maybe those two North Koreans, Joo-li and Jit, will help us out.

American Idol Sidewalk Art Championship

The American Sidewalk Art Championships were held this weekend. With this championship, not only were you judged on the art, but on the cute-ness of the artist. One of these contestants will be going home, the other declared Champion. Vote Now America!

Metal Detecting Stash Tops One Hundred Dollars!

When I got my metal detector for my Birthday a little over a year ago, my goal was to find $100 my first year. Well, with December, January, and February being such lousy months to do anything, I fell a little short. But, in 13 months I reached $100! I now have $101.03 in money found. I'd like to know how much of that money is in pennies, but I'm not going to count them. I only found 2 dollar coins and 1 50 cent coin. It's been fun and interesting.

1st Scramble of the Year

Our Tuesday Shawnee Group has two scramble a year. One Master's week and the other in late Fall. We played at Shawnee today and had about 8 groups. I thought I played pretty good. I hit good tee shots, good fairway woods, and putted well. That leaves my short irons. Not so hot. I had a hard time staying down on them and ended up hitting a lot of them thin. Not exactly the way you want to hit a short iron. We finished one under, in last place. But, we won $5 for finishing last, which is $5 more than 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th place. It was very windy, and I've never played well in the wind. The temperature was summer like, in the 70's, and this was the first time out this year that I didn't feel stiff. I'm gearing up to be the "A" player on our Coca-Cola Scramble Team!

My Latest Find

.................After I got home from the Easter Parade today I went to Highland Traditional School and metal detected for a while. While there, a lady asked me if I'd check an area where she said she'd lost a silver earring about a year ago. It was not an area I would have spent much time on normally, but for her I made a thorough check. I didn't find the earring, but I did find this 'Rand', from South Africa. I thought it was a game token when I first looked at it. I don't know what 1 rand is worth in U. S. money. I think the pictures are pretty clear so you can click on the picture and get a good close-up view. I thought it was a pretty neat find.

Hula Hoop Action

Jillian was a little slow on the 'hip movement'. The hoop had already hit the ground when she's starts to wiggle.

Recent interesting Finds

Here are some recent 'digs' I found interesting. The ladle seems pretty old and I don't know what it was made out of, maybe copper. Then the little bowl made of copper and the lid, also made of copper. The bowl and lid don't go together, I found them at different places, even though they almost fit together. I know what the big spoon is, but the other two items, I have no clue what they would have been used for. The lid was found at Audubon Elem School and the spoon and bowl found at St. Matthias Field.