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Finally got around to getting a Solatube Skylight installed in our dark living room. Made a world of difference. Now Fort Kickass can have indoor plants!!! 😄

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A picture from the kitchen at Fort Kickass. I was told once, that if you own one or two of something then you just own a couple of that thing. If you own three or more of that thing then you are a collector.

If that is true, then I guess that I am a “collector” of lots of random crap :)

One of those collections for me are antique electric fans. I have several that I’ve rescued/restored that date from the teens through the 1950s. This fan is a small 8 inch General Electric fan non-oscillator from the early 1930s. She puts out a surprising amount of air.

For you youngsters that have never seen one, the giant black thing on the wall next to the fan is cutting edge telephone technology from the 1930s. I went through a telephone phase for a while. I thinned that collection down several years ago, but I still have an oak wall phone, an old candlestick phone, and a couple of others in addition to this one. This phone is an Automatic Electric Monophone. She was a filthy mess when I found her at a flea market junk pile in Canton, Texas. I wired it up to our land line once I got it cleaned up and it was our working “home phone” right up until we cancelled our land line a couple years ago. When she would ring, you could hear her outside in the driveway with all the doors and windows of the house closed :)

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7th Big Chemo today. Only one more to go (hopefully) after this one!! 👍😁

At least my Tropical Hibiscus is enjoying our Summer. I will queue up a couple of posts, but I probably won’t be on here much for a few days. See you guys after I crawl out of the hole! :)

Fuck Cancer.

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Haven't felt like venturing much past the backyard at Fort Kickass lately. But at least the backyard is pretty :) Hopefully I will feel better soon. Its back to work for me on Sunday :(

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Fort Kickass, Collin County, Texas.

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Its not Henry Weinhard, but its pretty damn good and much easier to find around here. Lovingly made in Dublin, Texas by a historic bottling company near to the hearts of many Texans. I am feeling really good. Thanks to all who messaged me or commented. I have bounced back enough to spend half the day today catching up on yard work at Fort Kickass, and still have enough gas in the tank to spend a couple hours tinkering around in my workshop. And drinking lots of Root Beer :) Road trip tomorrow to Denton, Muenster, and who knows where else, with my Lovely Wife. Good times :)

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Texas Thunderstorm at Fort Kickass.... Our electricity went off at least 5 times in less than an hour. And it wasn’t even a bad storm. 

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Million Bells (Calibrachoa), Fort Kickass, Collin County Texas 2017.