As if I needed something else to learn and turn into a hobby – here I go with the Arduino. Got one from a friend with an Ethernet shield.  Next thing I know I am ordering a few resistors and sensors for it. I have planned several projects for this new venture already. The programming is addictive, and I am sure it gets worse once you can really control and end device or gather more data. So far, I have programmed it to show me the status of all the analog channels with their voltage readings and the status of the digitals on a web page. Pretty slick. I was…

It’s come and gone again. Another hunting season is behind us now. So here is a quick recap. I killed 3 this year. I wanted to tag out, but the weather and time did not allow for that. I am satisfied with the season though. Weather was weird this winter. Last year we had a record sitting blizzard, and this year it was in the 60’s most of the time – then a cold spell – then near 70… We had very little snow and rain. William got one small spike. Eric got a 10 point on a trip to a high fence farm. I got a doe, and a…

I don’t get on here much anymore. Just have a lot of things going on. I figured with the wind down to Christmas (or wind up if your the kids), I would do a quick update on a project I completed today. If you want the long story….keep scrolling. I wrote a short story at the bottom. I started with this steel box I was given (left). It looked to be just the right size for what I wanted. William decided to order one of those Barrel Stove Kits. So, we discussed me putting the door of that kit on this box. My reasoning was this was thicker steel and…

I love to hunt, fish, be outdoors. I guess after spending most of my work week in an office, it lets me get back to my primal side a little. I get to survive. Not in the sense that I run out there with only my Macgyer knife and spend 4 weeks in the wilderness; but in the sense that I am hunting an animal out far from any town, and need to make sure I don’t do something stupid and not get home. Those that know me, know I have nearly failed at that last part a couple times. Maybe it is just being out there in the fresh…

Junior David “J.D.” Sanders, 90, of Andrews passed away on Monday, July 25, 2016 in Andrews. Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life at 10:00 AM Saturday, July 30, 2016 at McNett Funeral Home Chapel in Andrews with James Clark and Randall Sanders officiating. Interment will follow in the Andrews West Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. J.D. was born on April 20, 1926 in Hill County, Texas to James Monroe Sanders and Ella Clementine Stephens Sanders. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married Hester Cozette Rushing on July 8, 1946 in Knox City. They moved to…