It's A Bird It's A Plane

It's Solar Impulse Plane!!

It is kind of windy today, but I want to show you what I, Sweet

William The Scot, got to see.

http://www.solarimpulse.com/

The Solar Impulse Plane landed just two miles from my home at Lunken Airport.

This landing was planned only the day before.

It was one of only a few where the general public were allowed up close to the plane.

It flys on solar power WOW!

It is flying around the world on solar energy WOW!

It was a huge success for renewable energy.

Here the crew is pulling the plane by hand up to the terminal so the public can view.

The crew pulls it with a harness like horses.

Some of the Swiss Crew rides bikes out to the plane.

One of Ground Crew.  He was so friendly and has such a nice smile.  Told me what town he was from in Switzerland and all about the plane.

Lee loved his accent. 

There were a lot of women on the crew.

The next morning Lunken Airport was fogged in.  The dampness made the crew have to siphon the water out of and off of the solar panels before it could take off.

11,000 solar cells are on the super-long wings that seem to stretch as far as a jumbo jet's. It weighs about the size of a small car, and soars with what is essentially the power of a small motorized scooter

One of the two pilots talking to the media. 

I got to meet pilot Bertrand Piccard, doctor, psychiatrist and aeronaut, who made the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight.  He flew around the world in a hot air balloon WOW.

He liked me a lot.  Lee had me in a big backpack so I was not walking on my leg.

This happened on June 14th, my leg is better now.

Lee was so tired, but it was worth the effort to see history being made.

Almost ready to leave Lunken.

Ohio is home to a lot of aviation history.

One of the Wright Brothers great granddaughter came to see this plane.

Lunken Airport has seen some history.

In 1927 Charles Lindbergh landed at Lunken and was mobbed by well-wishers.

In 1964 a large crowd of fans greeted The Beatles as they flew in to and out of Lunken for their concert at Cincinnati Gardens.

In 2011 the airport served as a backdrop for scenes in the film The Ides of March.

ByeBye Solar Impulse Plane.

You can become a friend and receive direct news free by going to their site.  We signed up.  http://www.solarimpulse.com/
The cross-country flight is a tuneup for a planned 2015 flight around the globe with an up-graded version of the plane.

 

I'm tired now, so byebye.

 

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of mine
Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot



Scottie Health Awareness Day

I am wearing my scottish clan plaid ribbon.

Tomorrow, July 11, is the first Scottie Health Awareness Day over at my friend Bobby's place,

Sparhawk Scotties blog

and their health network blog http://scottishterrierhealth.com/

So please go and visit them.  And every peep please look out for the health of your pets.

 

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot

 

It's My Birthday & Epic Pet Health Review

Yep I am a firecracker dud!

Born on July 3, 2009

I am four years old.
If you can get here before I consume this whole cake, I will give you a slice.

 I, Sweet William The Scot, have been feeling quite poorly.  My friend Oz The Terrier, the great and wonderful Oz ringy dingyed me and introduced me to Epic Pet Health. 

Dr. Amy Swartz is a holistic chiropractor and civil engineer.  Well she sent me her natural supplements for bones, legs, repair and relief.  Dr. Amy says all of her products are made of human grade ingredients.  The supplements are odorless liquid supplements and chemical, dye, and preservative free.  They have things like calcium, magnesium, potassium, electrolytes and vitamins.
Lee liked the sound of everything and I agreed to try them.

I liked the sound of it just gets sprayed on me. 
Well I found out I liked being sprayed.  I looked forward to getting sprayed it made me feel a little euphoric after a few minutes of being sprayed.  It gave me some of my spirit for adventure back.
I started the supplements on June 4th.
I don't hurt as bad as I did.
I am still limping, but I am doing the steps to the outside and I am not whimpering.
I have a small stress fracture in one of my deformed front legs.
I cannot testify to it healing my bones, but I will tell you it definitely made me a happier little fellow.
I give Epic Pet Health four paws up!!!

Lee and I have been sitting on the porch this summer and taking life easy.

Our plants are coming along and filling up their containers.

Look at Momma and baby deer going down my street.

Baby was still wobbly on legs.

I was a good boy, I just stayed on the porch and never barked.

We have two families of bunnies living in our yard.

The hummingbirds come to our porch to eat out of the feeder and they all are our friends.

 

In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy......
 

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of mine
Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot

Golden Acorn Winner

Well I have winners!
Reilly & Denny at Cowspotsdogs
Easy at easyweimaraner
Gizmo at terriertorrent


The Singing Mural 
What song do you think they are singing?

In the early planning stages, the possibility of painting this mural on the side of Music Hall was discussed. For obvious reasons, they eventually moved to the CET building across the street. Renowned local illustrator C.F. Payne created the design.

 

Most of the mural was actually painted by a team of local young people, but Payne had to help with parts of it. “I climbed the scaffold to work on Mr. Rogers’ daggone teeth,” he said.

 

Top row, left to right: Cincinnati arts patron Patricia Corbett a fan, Sesame Street’s Grover, the Phantom from Phantom of the Opera, rock artist Elton John, opera singer Beverly Sills, a euphonium player, jazz singer Cab Calloway, the lead role from opera Madame Butterfly and legendary composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
 

Bottom row, left to right: Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker,  opera singer Leontyne Price as lead role in opera Aida, conductor Maestro Erich Kunzel, Police Officer, PBS icon Mr. Rogers, the lead role from opera Pagliacci,  broadcasting legend Ruth Lyons (first daytime talk television person), a kid and the Cincinnati Reds’ own Mr. Redlegs.

 

Well there are the answers.
Will the winners please e-mail me their addresses.

Now for some other news.  Sweet William The Scot has had a very bad limp for the last two weeks due to his dysplasia of his forefoot paws.  The veternary community cannot do anything to fix the problem. I have been carrying him.  Oz referred us to Epic Pet Health a holistic approach.  We will be trying this approach and doing a review. 
For myself in a post called The Gift I talked about my own health issue.  Well my blood numbers have elevated also and with Sweet William needing to be carried I am bone tired.
Other than for the review we will be moving out of blogville.  I don't know if it will be permanent.
To all of our friends from Rocky Creek Scotties at the very beginning, to Frankie tracking us down when we did not have a blog, to George The Lad for including us in Where is George when we did not have a blog and Jazzi accepting me as her date without a blog we applaud you.  Your friendship has meant a lot. 
And to those we met along the way each and every one of you have been a joy in our lives.

Thanks for being our friends

Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of mine
Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot.

 

The Golden Acorn Contest

I, Sweet William The Scot, have a little contest for you!  Yep I have a tree rat and his golden acorn to give to the winner of our contest.  Well it is a faux golden acorn, oh fiddle faddle it is plastic! You didn't think it was real gold did you?  It is an air freshner holder for your car or wherever we dogs make a smell.  You can choose two pods scents to go into the tree rat.  Fresh Balsam, Mahogany Leather or Spring Scentportable are the winners choices.

 Not a Name That Song Contest this time!!!

It's a Name That Face Contest.

All over our town are painted murals. Painted in this mural are eighteen characters.  The dog, cat, crab, guinea pig, horse, oh shucky darn whoever can name the most characters wins The Golden Acorn! 

In case of a tie, there will be a tie breaker question.  What number am I thinking? 

Now for a hint, some of them are generic characters, some are real living people, some are not, and some are just real characters.

Bawheheeeeeeeeeeee.

 

  

Comment moderation is on.  So please leave me a comment, I loves comments, then look over the picture really good and give me the answer, two comments.  Comments will be published.  Your answers comment will not appear till next Monday, when the contest ends. 

Have Fun. 

  

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot

  

 Lee and I invited some friends for a grill out picnic yesterday for the Memorial Holiday Weekend.  We had this bouquet of lovely peonies for our center piece on our picnic table. 
Bless all the K-9 who serve in protecting our country.

 

 

School Days

 This is where my Lee went to public elementary school.

Lee could walk to elementary school.

It is a big school.  Two stories of class rooms.

 This is the back of the elementary school.  It has three wings.

When we walk by, I stop and watch the children play.

This is the bridge going into the public High School where my Lee went. 

Lee took public transportation or biked to this school which was eight miles from her home.

It is the biggest High School in Cincinnati. 

In Lee's graduating class there were over 1,700 students. 

This is the back of the High School and the track football field.

This school has three and a half floors with classes in the basement also.

This is where my Lee went University.  Scholarships and Lee working paid for her education. It is fourteen miles from her home and Lee had to take two buses to get to school.  One bus took her to downtown Cincinnati then another to the University.

The inner campus.

The beautiful library with its glass dome.

Yep it is the University of Cincinnati.

Wisdom is The Principal Thing

Therefore Get Wisdom.

That Proverb is engraved on McMicken Hall.  Lee read that every day.

Lee always wished they had finished 4:7 and with all thy getting get understanding.

Lee was always changing schools.  I don't understand why.  Maybe it is because she is a mess.

Yep Lee said she was a mensa.

Now this was my school.  I never needed to change schools.  They loved me.  I never made a mess.

Lee drove me to my school.
Lee paid for my education.

My blackboard.  Every week they put my homework in the orange slots.

My teacher, Mr. Kodiak.  Mr. Kodiak demanded respect.  No spit balls in his class!

 Lee says I have to say Kodiak was the trainer's dog, but Lee is wrong.  Mr. Kodiak instructed the class.

 

Thank You Loving Max for giving us The Versatile Blogger Award last week.

The Chronicles of Wallace and Samuel gave us the Sunshine Award also last week.  Thank You Wally and Sammy we hope we bring sunshine.

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot

Will The Real DaWeenies Please Stand Up

I, Sweet William The Scot, got an e-mail last week from Amber DaWeenie.   Amber wrote that she and the brudder Max (DaOdderWeenie) and the Sissy Autumn would be hittin the road and cutting a path through my fair city on the way to the mitten state.  So I, Sweet William The Scot, being the gentleman that I am said you want to sniff butt and meet me for a picnic lunch.

Well Lee and I packed a lunch for all and drove down to the Friendship Park in the inner city to meet up.

Max and I being boys we had a serious talk about the girls in Blogville.

Then time for the photo shoot.

 Dogs they are trying to take our pictures, why are you giving them your best side? 
This Butt's For You!

Well three out of four looking the same way!

I, Sweet William The Scot, think I will take the load off my paws and lay down because we are not ever getting a picture of us all looking the same way.
Before long it was time to say good-bye.  I sure had a great, fun, wonderful time meeting the real DaWeenies!
Hope they stop by Cincinnati again.

The DeWeenies gave me the nicest tote filled with goodies.

Look at all the Florida souvenirs.
Thank you very very much Amber, Brudder Max and Sissy Autumn.

 

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot