Tulsa Home and Garden Show

Friday was my day off so after scraping dropping off the brat SuperPizzaBoy off at school and eating breakfast Sweetie and I headed off to the Tulsa Home and Garden Show at the fairgrounds.

This year features a sand sculpture of the Golden Driller. It looks like he is emerging from the sand.

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And I liked this colorful take on Adirondack chairs.

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And where did you go to school? Let me see, Oklahoma State University, University of Kansas, University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Texas in Oklahoma.

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You don’t think that the economy is economy is doing better? Well look below, they are selling two story tornado shelters here in Oklahoma. I highly recommend these guys if you are looking for shelters and high quality roofing services.

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Back in the day when I was courtin Sweetie we played lots of shuffleboard. So we had a trip down memory lane. I still can’t beat her.

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This is part of Oklahomas response to Obamacare. In Oklahoma if you get your roofing contractor’s license you also get a medical license!  That’s the kind of out of box creative thinking we got going on here in the heartland.

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Puppies, I had to drag Sweetie away from this.

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I found this kind of creepy. First I couldn’t figure out what they are looking at, second, what is he trying to do with her hand, it looks like some sort of reverse handshake, third, why is he wearing the same dress as she?

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Now this is a bad pic below but I’m showing it anyway for a couple reasons. These are fellow gas company guys. They work in the gas distribution end of it delivering gas to our homes, businesses and factories, I work on the other end connecting natural gas wells to the pipeline system and processing the gas to make usable on the other end. Anyway, the man on the right, turned out I worked with him 20 years ago. He recognized me, I didn’t recognize him. The younger guys at work laugh at us older guys. Whenever old gas guys meet we always recite our past employers and there is almost always a connection there somewhere. In case you are wondering,

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The second reason I show this bad picture is that the striping on it happens in about a fourth of my pics with my Canon SX120 and has been going on for some time. I’ve changed to a faster memory card, keep fresh batteries in it,  reset the camera to the factory settings. Nothing seems to work. I have googled and and searched the Canon support pages. Nothing. So I would appreciate any advice you could give me.

Generally I take two copies of each picture that I really want and I’ve never had two pics that were both bad. I didn’t take a duplicate this time.

Anwaywho, Sweetie and I had a good time at the Home and Garden Show.

16 thoughts on “Tulsa Home and Garden Show

  1. Sylvia K

    It does look like a fun day and I’m so glad!! We all need some of those! I could seriously use a week or two of them these days! Hope all of you have a great weekend! Enjoy! Make the most of every minute!

    Sylvia

  2. Gaelyn

    Looks like a great show, except the 2-story tornado shelter seems like an oxymoron. Nice to run into coworkers from the past. Park Rangers are like that too with a list of parks worked at if you didn’t work together then you surely knew someone who did.

  3. GW Bill Miller

    Thanks for the photos of the Home & Garden show. We passed this year. There is a lot of neat stuff to see. It gives me the hots for stuff I can’t afford. Shuffleboard brings back memories of beer and a game evenings in Stillwater back in the day at OSU.

    I don’t know what to tell you about your camera. I have a Canon SX20 but have never seen your problem. I know that a digital camera records an image by quickly scanning the subject from bottom to top. You can see this if you take a photo of a passing vehicle – the wheels look oval shape because they are in a slightly different position from top to bottom. The top will lean in the direction of travel. Your problem image looks to be divided into top and bottom sections. I don’t know if that is a clue or not. You may have to send it to Canon.

  4. Sallie (FullTime-Life)

    We used to enjoy those shows back in the days before we were homeless er I mean houseless and gardenless. Your take on the wood carving is pretty funny — and you’re right. I do love the sand sculpture.

  5. Beth Zimmerman

    I love these pictures! In the years before social anxiety took root, the Home & Garden Show was on my must do list! And those Adirondack chairs are awesome! No clue on the camera malfunction.

  6. Beth Zimmerman

    I love these pictures! In the years before social anxiety took root, the Home & Garden Show was on my must do list! And those Adirondack chairs are awesome! No clue on the camera malfunction.

  7. SandyCarlson

    Looks like you guys had a great time. It’s nice to go on your outings with you after the fact. I don’t get that striping thing. I do know the humans at Canon are pretty helpful. Maybe they can do you right if you can get through.

  8. AVCr8teur

    Your home & garden shows sure look more fun than ours. We have one this weekend and I have never been to one with sand sculptures and doggies! That safe room looks a little small and claustrophobic!

  9. Impulsive Addict

    I think I’ve only been to the Home and Garden show once. That’s right. ONCE.

    I’m pretty sure I’m anti-Oklahoman which is weird. I’m really just anti-hell.

    I want a puppy!!! Could you buy me one but don’t tell M because he will flip. I think he’s secretly waiting on Lexi to die so he can be animal free.

    University of Texas in Oklahoma. NOT FUNNY.

  10. Leedslass

    I do so enjoy seeing your “all American” pictures of shows and the like. I am absolutely certain we have exactly the same sort of thing over here but not out in the sticks which is called Leeds. Haven’t a clue re. your camera – I find you’re being picky and over-twittery about their quality. My Mum would have made the comment “a blind man would be glad to see those lines” – basic but so true!

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