Monday, June 22, 2009

United Kingdom May/June 2009

The London Eye. Was once the world's largest ferris wheel. Singapore has now built a larger one.
Wild looking gargoyle from Westminster Abbey.

Big Ben and the House of Parliment in London.

Marsden limekilns. Kilns were used to manufacture lime for farming and were built in the 1870's along with an entire village of Marsden. The village disappeared by 1977 along with the closing of the kilns.

Marsden lighthouse which was the first all electric lighthouse in the world.

Shorts of Whitburn, Toro distributor in Whitburn, UK.

TSL - Turfcare Specalists Limited in Point Lane, Leadgate.

Steven Bartle and John Russell of The Mower Shop, Toro service center and retail store, in West Haddon, UK.
MOX UK golf cart?

Look, it is an English Shepherd Bull! Better known as Kyloe cattle which is an ancient breed of cattle.

Prayer tree growing on the "Bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond in Scotland.

Ruins of Castell Aberystwyth Castle in Wales.

Craignethan Castle.

View from Castell Aberystwyth Castle overlooking part of the town of Aberystwyth, Wales.

Very artistic gargoyle in Aberystwyth, Wales.

How often do you have to take your sheep for a walk and what is up with the diaper?

South Korea

One of the side streets in Seoul with great entertainment and places to relax, unwind and enjoy a meal.

Guinness taste and looks the same no matter what language it is in!

Dinner waiting to be served on a street in Seoul.

Friend, Ryan Nowack, Professor of English at Sejong University in Seoul, Korea.

Nam Sang, Kim General Manager, Management Team; Tae Woo, Kwon Assistant Manager, Management Team; Hyo Jun, Cho Asistant Manager, Sales Team and Hyoung Jin, Park Sales Team having a great lunch with me at their building for Kukje Intertrade Co. Ltd.

Chan-Ho, Cho Managing Director and Betty Cha, Manager of B-Ray Industrial Co., Ltd. with their St. Louis Cardinals/Toro baseball caps.





Hong Kong

Bamboo scaffolding is all they use in China and it appears to be as sturdy as steel.

Great subway system in Hong Kong, but very crowded at rush hour.

Laser light show over Victoria Harbor.

Steet food vendor on the Hong Kong mainland.

Awesome local restaurant in Hong Kong Wan Chai District.

Darry Koster, Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club superintendent and Willie Slingerland from Flowtronex.

Signature hole # 3 at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club.

Beautiful scenery of Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club.

Singapore


Me enjoying durian fruit. This is the one food that Andrew Zimmerman from the TV show "Bizarre Foods" will not eat.






Equipment storage buildings at Kranji Sancturary Golf Course






Orchids growing at the Orchid Country Club.






Eric Phua from AT Besquip and James Sua CGCS, CCPC, CGIA, Manager of SAFRA.


Worker grooming green with True-Surface Greens Care Collection system at SAFRA Resort.




Distributor and friend Eric Phua having lunch at his brother's food stall.







Spiker demonstration at National Service Resort & Country Club





Tuesday, May 5, 2009

2009 China Golf Show - Beijing





Opening day of the Golf Show.

Eric Phua from AT Bestequip with his boss Dick TOH K.T., James Sua, CGCS and collegues from Singapore


Our Booth.


Greenman Machinery Company booth representing John Deere.


Fat Dragon booth representing Toro along with E-Way the other Toro distributor for China.




Knock off China products.


Wangfujing Street food court.








Step right up and get you something you can't get at home.




Yummy, kidneys and testicles!










Scorpions and grasshoppers and silk worms. Yummy for the tummy!









A little crunchy but full of protein and fiber.

Seahorses delight!





Dog meat soup anyone?





The octopus was a little chewey but the silk worms were a BURST of flavor!



I forced Kevin to eat at least one silk worm in his lifetime.





I wanted to bring her home with me. What a cutiepie!





Three amigos! Kevin Campbell, Jeff Churchill and Willie Slingerland. Tired from walking the Forbidden City.





Great mother Lion sculpture.





One of the temples in Forbidden City.










Detailed dragon door hinge in Forbidden City.

Great roofing artwork in the Forbidden City.




More beautiful artwork and roofing tiles.





St. Patrick's Week 2009





Bunratty Castle and Durty Nelly's Pub.
Pub founded in 1620.





Poulnabrone Dolman in the Burren. Burial tomb for 17 adults and 16 children from between 25oo to 2000 B.C.




Doolin Castle.
What a view!









Lake outside Corofin, Ireland near cousin Mary Ruane's house.






Jeff Corn from Smith Turf and Irrigation at the Cliffs of Moher.







Jeff and me enjoying Neylon's Pub in Mullagh, Ireland.






Me in trouble playing Doonbeg Golf Club.





Tuesday, March 31, 2009

2009 Canadian International Turfgrass Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia




Frozen water everywhere!






Barracks inside
the citadel in
Halifax from the
early 1800's






Old Town
Clock in Halifax
built in 1803










Mark Kuhns, CGCS
current President
of the GCSAA
and me.