Insulator Sky Watch

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you all have had a great week. Ours has been packed and here are some highlights -

1. We are set for trade shows to sell some honey. I'll share dates when I pull it all together! Several events here in Seguin and one BIG one in Gonzales.
2. Mark's computer died but we have a replacement. Woohoo!
3. We finally got RAIN! And a decent amount, too. I am very happy that our trees and lawns got some great relief this week. A north wind started blowing today and it got down to the upper 80s. NICE for us!
4. We had a nameplate contest at work - I didn't win but I had a TON of fun with it and got to know several coworkers better. It was awesome!
5. I have great friends and I just want to thank them for their love.
6. I got my first paying photo gig. :-) Cool!

Ok, that's enough catching up. Sorry I've been so busy!

This shot was snapped when we spotted them on the way to one of our bee yards. Lovely to see glass insulators in the sunny sky - much more beautiful than the clay ones being use predominantly these days. Aww...reminds me of when Mark and I had time to go insulator hunting when we first met over 12 years ago. Seems like yesterday! lol

Be sure to check out the other cool shots at Sky Watch!

Porcelain Insulators

Last night I finished a post. But then either Blogger or I had a hiccup and it was gone. Poof. Gone. :( I was so tired and drained from work that I didn't even re-write it. Blah. It was just one of those days. Work is trying this week. We're suffering a bit from the whole economic situation but I won't delve into here. Hopefully things will pick up by year's end for all of us.

Last weekend was great weather and I snapped a lot of shots outside. These are some of my favorite porcelain insulators. I have posted about the glass ones before but these porcelain ones have their own, unique beauty also. Sometimes just looking at them makes me happy because I give myself the moment to get absorbed by their rich colors. I love the olive and the blues and the mustard. And the different shapes always make them unique and interesting. When you look at an "old time" insulator, no two are alike. That can't be said for the ones we see today on the tall poles.

Insulators & Flowers

It's November and when I took this photo a couple of days ago, it was in the mid-80s in temperature. Too warm for my taste since I can't get into the holiday spirit with unseasonably high temps. Today, it was wonderfully cool...lower 70s all day and tonight will be in the upper 30s. I love the crisp, cool weather.

We have these insulators on our fence on the side of the house. Mark and I use to go insulator hunting along railroad tracks. Those were the good old days when we actually had more personal time!

Quiz for the day

I know what these are simply b/c my husband explained them to me. I just wanted to see if any of you know about these pretty little things. I love the green one. They come in a variety of colors and there are conferences and shows for collectors of these.