Lucas Blackwood » Entertainment and Fun

String acoustic or electric

Lucas — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:57:51 +0000

Have you ever heard of a guitar that could be played acoustically OR electrically and still sound great? I never had – I thought you had to play one or the other. Well today I saw a photo of a guitar takamine and I was quite impressed and surprised at the same time. When I was younger I wanted to learn to play the guitar, and was given an inexpensive acoustic guitar to play on and to learn on with lessons. But I have to admit that when my parents signed me up for lessons the teacher insisted on teaching me really boring songs and I quickly lost interest. Why don’t teachers make learning music FUN?

Good party game

Lucas — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:52:26 +0000

The gift exchange game we played after the Christmas dinner was hilarious. Everyone was supposed to bring a wrapped gift to the party and we played a few games that had the gifts as prizes. Some of the gifts were actually decent gifts; one of my sisters got a T-shirt, another got a nice bracelet. My niece got a whoopie cushion, and I got a pair of little kid’s orange swimming goggles and a royal blue teddy bear adorned with a Santa hat. Cute, but not something that I can imagine myself using anytime soon! But everyone had fun, and that was the point!

Soft spot for panda bears

Lucas — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:18:40 +0000

I have to admit that I have a soft spot for panda bears. From time to time I hear of people being mauled by brown bears, or black bears, or grizzly bears, but I’ve never heard anything in the news about people being mauled by panda bears. Naturally that makes me feel as if they are not vicious, even though they probably are just as likely to attack as any other kind of bear! I recently saw this cute video online about some baby panda bears that were being kept in a play pen, and one of them is intent on escaping. The video is just so cute; it makes me wish I had a pet baby panda bear (but only if they stayed this little and cute!)

Books

Lucas — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:52:54 +0000

I enjoy reading books, but I find that as I get older I spend less time reading them. My eyes get tired and my brain stops processing what I’m reading. I’m thinking that I should be getting audio books instead and listen to them when I’m driving my car. Then I’ll at least get the information that I was hoping to get without the strain on my eyes! I’ll have to check the local library and see what books are available on CDs to borrow.

Open house

Lucas — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:42:18 +0000

There is a fall open house today at one of the local greenhouses. I am going to check out the latest gadgets for next years crop. The employees there are always knowledgeable and friendly.

Maybe I will pick up some bulbs to plant as well. A few flowers to add color to my property is always a wise choice. I take pride in my property’s appearance and my family likes to see what I have done new every year.

Coast

Lucas — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:11:25 +0000

A trip to the coast is always a fun time. Today will be the last one of the season. My friends and I are gearing up to take the bikes down. We will mostly likely grab a bit to eat at the local seafood restaurant.

This restaurant always had good food. They have tables overlooking the bay which adds to the relaxing environment. We may encounter some heavy traffic in the way home since it is the start of leaf peeping season.

Foliage

Lucas — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:55:57 +0000

The fall foliage has started. This time of year is by far my favorite. The weather is much cooler and more comfortable. The best part of this year is going to be the use of my new tractor to clean up the yard.

There is always a ton of work to do in the fall at my house. Cleaning up the garden, home repairs and lawn maintenance all has to be done. I am going to try to plan a fall trip with Janice as well to go check out the leaves. As much work as they are it is worth it because they are so beautiful.

Labor Day

Lucas — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:24:21 +0000

One of my least favorite holidays is the Labor Day weekend. When I was a child I disliked it because that meant summer vacation was over and we had to go back to school. I did not like school. I did not like having to haul lots of the books from class to class and I hated having to do homework. I don’t think that I would have hated it quite so much if the teachers had let us keep a set of books home so that we would not have to lug heavy backpacks back and forth.

This Labor Day weekend, though, should be a good weekend because I have been invited to and a barbecue party at Tyler’s beach house. I understand that Tyler and Amy put on a great barbecue so I am looking forward to having a good time. Although I am saddened by the end of summer at least my days of carrying the backpacks to school are finished.

Solitaire

Lucas — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:00:31 +0000

My dad taught me how to play various solitaire games. We used a deck of cards and there were different ways to deal out the hand and set some cards aside or order them that made for game variations.

Now with the use of computers, I’ve discovered there are many other types of solitaire games that have nothing to do with a deck of cards. You can use tiles and play majong. You can use beads and play Bejeweled. And there are dozens of video games of all types that let you play by yourself.

Balloon Festival

Lucas — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:10:36 +0000

This weekend is the annual balloon festival. This festival is a great opportunity to get out with friends and have some tasty food. I will be heading out to see the evening launch with some friends and their significant others.

I plan on eating a dough boy and sausage sub for dinner. There is nothing quite like fresh fried dough. Proceeds always go to charities so it is a win- win situation. Perhaps I will take a ride in a balloon this evening and watch the sunset.