The other night, my son was “helping” me mow the grass (basically he paces me a couple yards back and to the left with is Home Depot Tool Van and shouts helpful advice and questions i can’t ever hear). Well, after many repeated attempts pulling the rip cord on my Two Pull or Less Guaranteed Briggs n Straton engine, i knew i had a problem. Some more pulls, it suffered into life, two lengths of cutting and it died. “Daddy what’s wrong, Daddy? Daddy, why you stop?” I’m not mechanically inclined, by the way, and having questions asked machine gun style is not helping. I tried messing with the air filter. that worked last fall. Nope. Triple check gas. Still good. Oil is brand new 1 hour ago. What else can my mechanically neanderthal brain handle? Spark plug. Ok, me and the boy walk into the garage and pull out the ratchet set. Spark Plug is pretty burnt. Ok, Father/Son trip to the Hardware Store. I should buy stock in TrueValue, for sure. Back home, new spark plug and the mower fires up flawlessly.

The next morning, i noticed the old spark plug lying on the kitchen counter where I had unceremoniously pitched it out of view of prying eyes and reach of curious fingers. “Hmmph., i thought. “These are pretty cool up close.” [slaps forehead] Macro!

I shot this on my windowsill with natural light, and an index card for fill light.