Assorted photos from #swampwalk quarantine isolation day 426 #bogsafari #trees https://www.instagram.com/p/CO0st2fAfFq/?igshid=15pzw8ietbmaz

Maybe it’s just me, but I’m finding the older I get, the more I sympathize with Owen Lars.

Growing up, he was just your typical super-serious older person, ya know? But now I feel like I get him. He’s just trying to live a simple life and do the best he can, and the universe just keeps messing with him. He just wants to make a bit of moisture in a dry-ass world, and then his step mom gets captured by Sand People, and his dad gets his leg chopped off, and then his scowly step brother shows up just in time to bring his dead mom home, and then some stranger shows up out of the blue with the step brother’s kid for him to raise, and then the kid doesn’t even appreciate it and just whines about leaving, even though all Owen ever did was try to keep him safe.

Oh yeah, and his scowly step brother? Totally Darth Vader now. So every time his whiny step nephew starts giving attitude, it’s like, “Is he going to go all Dark Side on me now”? Also, he’s starting to think his wife’s voice might be someone else’s. Can’t a humble guy just make some gat-dang moisture in peace?! No, because he and Dubby Magee get crispy-fried by stormtroopers looking for his ungrateful nephew who DOESN’T EVEN SHED A TEAR at the sight of his charred skeleton! Even in the end, no moisture for Owen? Not a single tear for the only family you’ve ever known? Really?! But the death of a crazy space wizard you just met, that gets a reaction. Sorry. I went deeper into that than I expected. Anyway, I feel for the guy. We’ve never gotten a decent Uncle Owen figure either. His Revenge Of The Sith figure seems fine, but I was in a Star Wars collecting lull at the time and never got him. He’s got a decent comic pack figure (that also came with Darth Maul!) that isn’t canon anymore, and I never got that one either. My only Owen is this one, that was part of the Lars Homestead playset along with Beru, a Sandtrooper, and a womp rat. He’s a repack of an old POTF2 Cinema Scene, so he was already dated when the set came out. I suppose he’s better than no Uncle Owen, even with his weird “get off my non-lawn!” arms and strange handlebar stubble. But what is up with his eyes?

I don’t know if Hasbro was going for “tired eyes”, but it looks like he’s got blue eye shadow. It’s really weird, and I can’t imagine how any designer thought it looked right.
But then again, maybe Owen just wants to feel pretty. Hasn’t he at least earned that? Can’t a guy just feel a little cute in this god forsaken wetless world?!
At least Beru got a decent enough figure in POTF2. I mean, she was never going to be super exciting, and Owen isn’t either, but I still think they’re necessary. Maybe someday Owen will get a decent figure from A New Hope. Until then, this one will have to do.

swampwalk quarantine isolation day 411

Gallery of green just to show how much shade is available on a sunny clear day. Light breeze caused a bunch of those little seed ‘helicopters’ to come flying out like a massive drone strike of proto-trees.

bogsafari had not so many land critters, but many birds making song in the trees. Leaf cover made it difficult for me to spot exactly where they were, aside from ‘up and to the right,’ give or take.

Brought #sisto and #fp636 to help scout around, but they just ran in circles, grunting and beeping accordingly.

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Low 60sF outside, clear skies and the trees look pretty lush. Walked at midday and had rain a few days back. Ground is pretty dry.

#bogsafari critter count was minimal. A few small brown birds, light on insects. I saw Panda cat relaxing in the shade at her house en route home. Very few humans outside, got home as a school bus let kids off. (5 High schoolers or giant elementary school kids…at least they were wearing masks they got off the bus)

Moderna part 2

#swampwalk quarantine isolation day 403

Whew, getting pretty hot in the sunlight at midday. Says 66F but I call shenanigans on that…it feels like the 80s. No wind off of the bay, but once I was in the shade, it was feeling more my style.

#bogsafari – critters were out in major force today! Several lizards / skinks were sunning happily on the stump pylons en route home, many turkey vultures in the air, insects buzzing and flying about, from bumblebees to horseflies. A couple of frogs by the water’s edge in the wooded areas, they are probably eating quite well. One osprey, a pair of cardinals, three (at least) squirrels. Humans in the neighborhood continue to not wear masks, even those working next to one another to move a hot tub out of a house down the road from ours.

Next up on my Vonnegut reading list is Galapagos. Had to take a little break for a bit…some writers get a bit same-y if taken too close together, Kurt doubly so. Filler between books has been nonfiction about World War One, asorted marvel comics digests and Maureen Johnson’s “Truly Devious” books. Pretty entertaining all told.

#walkabout #streamofthought #whatiamreading

He is quite a small old man these days, just over 5lbs and anemic.

Got bloodwork done and getting follow up on saturday

Home now with meds and is eating like a champ. Giving him tons of loves today and every day

GMRS, FRS, MURS Frequency Lists

You can use a Baofeng UV-5R walkie-talkie to listen to any GMRS, FRS, or MURS radio but you will need to convert the channel number of the GMRS/FRS/MURS radio into a frequency that you can enter into your UV-5R. See the video at the bottom for the steps.

MRS Channel / Frequency Table:

MURS CHANNEL 1 – 151.820 MHz                      
MURS CHANNEL 2 – 151.880 MHz                             
MURS CHANNEL 3 – 151.940 MHz                               
MURS CHANNEL 4 (AKA “BLUE DOT”) – 154.570 MHz                               
MURS CHANNEL 5 (AKA “GREEN DOT”) – 154.600 MHz 

GMRS & FRS Channel / Frequency Table (Standard channels only, no repeater channels):

GMRS/FRS CHANNEL FREQUENCY GMRS POWER LIMIT
01 462.5625 5 W
02 462.5875 5 W
03 462.6125 5 W
04 462.6375 5 W
05 462.6625 5 W
06 462.6875 5 W
07 462.7125 5 W
08 467.5625 0.5 W
09 467.5875 0.5 W
10 467.6125 0.5 W
11 467.6375 0.5 W
12 467.6625 0.5 W
13 467.6875 0.5 W
14 467.7125 0.5 W
15 462.5500 50 W
16 462.5750 50 W
17 462.6000 50 W
18 462.6250 50 W
19 462.6500 50 W
20 462.6750 50 W
21 462.7000 50 W
22 462.7250 50 W
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