Dennis' News and Views

As promised, here is a picture of my house with the new paint. As you can see we have one heck of a time determining if this is gray or blue. The good news is that the job is almost finished. I plan on painting the last of the trim and doing some touch up this weekend. I think the paint job came out pretty good.

Here is a picture of a house across the lake from us. We didn't know that there was a zoo break out until we saw these animals roaming around the yard. Not only are there giraffes and elephants, but we've spotted a tiger, gorilla and a lion on the grounds. The palm trees and grasses have been good cover for these convicts.

I have started a new collection. Not very far along at this point. I was cruising the Internet and came across a baseball All-Star game bat from Toronto at the Sky Dome in 1991. It was fairly inexpensive so I got it. Since then I have added a bat from 1990 in Chicago at Wrigley Field. I just got a bat from Camden Yard, home of the Orioles that hosted the All-Star game in 1993. These bats are all from the Rawlings company with their Adirondacks label. I believe these were all limited edition bats. Adirondacks bats were first popularized after WWII. The Rawlings company set up a mobile bat making truck and took it to Spring Training camps in the 1950's. Many of the stars of the day were impressed with the bats and signed up to endorse them. The bats were a major part of baseball in the 50's and 60's. Pictures to follow soon of my bats.