I'm trying to post a pic--let's see what happens.

Alrighty then...it works. Somehow. This is my "n"th try at making this picture show up here. Can't say as to why it worked this time and not the previous several attempts. Damned good thing there ain't nothing to throw around here and that I don't have a mallet to "push any button to continue."

Regardless of my little joke about the frustration of dealing with computers, how ya like my new/old vintage Adventure Team Land Adventurer guy-dude? Of course, I had to dress him up in new duds instead of vintage garb to establish him firmly a part of the new millennium instead of stuck in the past. We're all growing older as evidenced by my heart attack business, and Joe is no exception...except Joe is not subject to "sudden death incidents" like us mortal folk. Shucks...Joe could end up surviving into the next millennium with a little luck and some care by his next couple of owners after I'm worm food!

I found Joe on E-bay. I 'spect his previous owner was some mercenary, gold-digging, non-Joe-head interested only in the shekels that Joe would bring to his or her pockets. Joe is more important than simply cash money in hand--Joe's serious business. Joe's about re-creating memories and making new memories where there had only been fantasies. Joe rides the new ATV I found on sale at Tractor Supply Co. around the same time as I found Joe. He wears a shirt from the Combat Photographer set of some years back, a fedora from Project Are, I believe it to be, and sunglasses from "I think" a So/tW modern Desert Storm combat set of some type.

The picture was taken with my new digital camera that I am learning to use, (with some degree of difficulty.) The set for the photo I built on my work table in my Joe-room. I wanted a place where I could work on Joe things without disturbing the Lady Graemon and without cluttering-up the house, (which is how I would disturb The Lady Graemon.) That's real dirt, a few real cactus plants, and some Michael's silk- and plastic plants, too, on my out-door/in-door photo set. Pretty neat stuff, h'uh? Just the sort of thing I wanted to do as a kid, but couldn't, due to lack of knowledge and lack of money to make things happen.

I have more to do, but that'll have to wait for another day or night, as the case may be. I'm back to work after recovering from my heart attack and open-heart surgery--what a pain--metaphorically. Work is such a bother. I just don't have anywhere near enough time to do the things I want to do without "work" cutting into my time! But, well...it was nice to get a small taste of "retirement" even if I did have to have a major illness to get a break. But, next time...I think I'll try something a little more conventional to get time off if needed, like maybe just take vacation time. Hospitals suck, and medical people in hospitals annoy me greatly, no offense intended if you happen to be a medical type person that works in a hospital. Except...I wish YOU a 2 week stay of your very own medicine if you are a medical-type. Maybe you'll learn something about how shitty I was treated while debilitated, dis-advantaged, and unable to properly defend myself. Now, I'm whole and relatively hearty and I DARE you medicos to mess with me like you did then! I will ruin your day!

More Joes to come in the near future. I was busy while on recovery! You'll see! :)