Keith & Karen's Missionaries, Mutts and Stuff: 2025

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Backyard Bird Photos: Summer 2025

As we're already into October, it's probably time I post the "remainder" of my summer shots. Enjoy!

A very wet Sparrow

Male Northern Cardinal

Tit Mouse

Female and Male House Finch with Male Eastern Bluebird

Male Eastern Bluebird

Female Northern Cardinal

Humming Bird at our feeder

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Backyard Bird Photos: Spring 2025

With all the crazy weather this spring (unseasonably WET) and summer (unseasonably HOT), it's been challenging to take backyard bird photos. When I'd have time to take photos the weather would be uncooperative, and when the weather was cooperative, I didn't have the time or drive to wait on birds willing to participate. However, here are some bird shots I salvaged from spring.

Eastern Bluebird

Chipping Sparrow on Fence

Northern Cardinal

Chipping Sparrow in Tree

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Eastern Junco

I hope you enjoyed these snaps from spring. I'm working up a selection from summer.

Stay tuned.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Photos from the MMS Hangar

Here are some of my hangar snapshots.

Jack is inside a Cessna 206 fuselage bucking rivets as Ben drives rivets from the outside.

Ben drives rivets to secure a belly skin to the 206 fuselage. Jack Harper is inside bucking the rivets Ben is driving. Each "cleco" in the skin is a place holder for another rivet.

Rebekah wires up a power bus as part of a missionary aircraft control panel upgrade.

Sharee bucks rivets inside the engine compartment another Cessna 206 restoration.

Sharee, Ben (in hat) and Jack discuss structural strategy as they build the engine compartment on a 206.