Kokopelli in the kitchen

One of the cool features of our house is the southwestern decor of the kitchen. The area above the cabinets features southwestern-themed painting. Kokopelli is the guy on the far right in the 2nd photo (playing the flute).

 

Chimehooa?

What is it? Something I hope to use soon. We got a dirt-cheap chiminea recently at a Nursery. It's a clay oven used for outdoor fires. Most have a pipe attachment on top to funnel the smoke a bit, but ours came without (which is why it was so cheap). Anyhoo, need to find a grate of some sort to sit in the bottom. Hope to find that soon.

 

Peekaboo

Peekaboo view of Horsetooth Mtn. from our driveway.

 

AP Top 25

Here's the first AP Top 25 of the season. Lots of teams on Carolina's schedule here: Auburn (#4), Florida (#7), Georgia (#15), Clemson (#18), and Tennessee (#23). Carolina gets a little love w/ 15 votes.

As others have noted, my take on the preseason rankings is that, well... there shouldn't be any preseason rankings. It is much more difficult for teams who aren't ranked heading intot he season to climb up in the Top 25 than it is for those who are highly ranked coming in to fall down in the rankings. Letting everybody play 3-4 games before coming out with the first poll seems a lot more equitable, IMHO. Then again, just win all of your games & you don't have to worry about any of that. ;-)

Anyways, plenty of stuff to chew on here as we wait for August 31.

AP Top 25
Rank Team Record Votes Previous
1 Ohio St. (35) 10-2 1,558 4
2 Notre Dame (10) 9-3 1,470 9
3 Texas (8) 13-0 1,411 1
4 Auburn (3) 9-3 1,395 14
5 West Virginia (6) 11-1 1,354 5
6 Southern Cal (3) 12-1 1,345 2
7 Florida 9-3 1,178 t12
8 LSU 11-2 1,144 6
9 California 8-4 975 25
10 Oklahoma 8-4 960 22
11 Florida St. 8-5 949 23
12 Miami 9-3 893 17
13 Louisville 9-3 844 19
14 Michigan 7-5 824 --
15 Georgia 10-3 743 10
16 Iowa 7-5 720 --
17 Virginia Tech 11-2 614 7
18 Clemson 8-4 479 21
19 Penn St. 11-1 386 3
20 Nebraska 8-4 332 24
21 Oregon 10-2 324 t12
22 TCU 11-1 257 11
23 Tennessee 5-6 215 --
24 Arizona St. 7-5 182 --
25 Texas Tech 9-3 181 20

Others receiving votes: Alabama 141, Utah 52, Boston College 41, Georgia Tech 39, Boise St. 23, Arkansas 18, Wisconsin 18, South Carolina 15, Tulsa 11, Texas A&M 10, BYU 4, Purdue 4, UTEP 4, Iowa St. 3, Mississippi 3, N. Illinois 3, Michigan St. 2, Arizona 1.

My new toy

Finally getting around to posting some photos with my new toy - a Vivitar 8.1 megapixel digital camera. I'll start with a pic of the crib. Here 'tis:

 

ONE

Woah, boy, I think I'm gonna like doin' this embedded video thing. ;-) Check this - a boarder at a park in Fort Collins.

Colorado State Football Preview

From collegefootballnews.com, a preview of CSU football:

2006 CSU Football Preview

Gamecocks Vid: The Real USC

Had to do it. ;-) Check it out...

Colorado Beerology 101: Odell Brewing Co.

Located between New Belgium Brewery and Fort Collins Brewery is Odell Brewing Company, locally-owned & operated for... well, for a while. Their main line of beers is shown below. My fav is the 5 Barrel Pale Ale. Just a well-balanced, tasty ale. 90 Shilling is also a local favorite, a darker ale with lots of flavor, but not too heavy. Odell is probably just as popular locally as NBB and FCB.

Summit County Weekend

Spent this past weekend in the Summit County area. While Stacy rode in a bike tour (the Copper Triangle), I took advantage of being in the area by playing Breckenridge Golf Course. A very challenging course in an awesome setting with elevation above 9000 feet. Can't say I burned up the course, but it was hard not to enjoy it. ;-)