Jan 31, 2016
Jan 24, 2016
Horses wearing a coat of snow
Animals thriving in the cold and an old house fighting a losing battle with the weather
Jan 17, 2016
Jan 11, 2016
Thanks for watching my videos! 85,600 views in 2015
Thanks to everyone who watches my videos at Janesville GazetteXtra, Facebook and You Tube. Last year (2015) you helped increase my viewership 22 % for a total of 85,600 views. Average watch time was one minute, 22 seconds. Total watched minutes were 111,400.
24,000 watched on computers. 21,000 on mobile phones. And 6,627 on tablets.
What surprises me is that although my videos mostly revolve around the Rock River in Wisconsin, each month they are viewed in every state in the Union and 178 countries around the world. For example, California had 5000 views, the United Kingdom, 4,000 and India, 1,800.
All told, I have made 490 You Tube videos. Lifetime viewership: 230,485. One video about eagles has had 18,723 views.
Thanks again for watching!
Jan 10, 2016
Jan 3, 2016
Glen Loyd Videos: On our love for family cars
A farmer friend about my age kept his dad's worn out tractor for 20 years because his dad had liked it so much. His father could move the tractor seat aside and drive standing up. His father enjoyed doing so. When my friend finally sold the junk tractor, the buyer restored it because of some special significance it had for him. This is the theme of my video..
Dec 28, 2015
Garbage man's exquisite heart
It's winter in Glen Loyd' video, but the little girl isn't wearing shoes. Her feet are skuffed where shoes should be.
Dec 20, 2015
Hibernation, early film by Star Wars craftsman
Last week Glen Loyd told us about Thomas G. Smith who learned how to make movies filming farmers here in Southern Wisconsin and went on to work with Steven Spielbeg and George Lucas on films such as Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist. Glen has another early movie by Thomas G. Smith. For more information on Thomas G. Smith go tohttp://www.afana.org/smitht.htm
Dec 12, 2015
The film that ties 'Star Wars' to Wisconsin and shows 4-H farmers from 1960s
Thomas G Smith was a special effects coordinator under Steven Spielberg and George Lucas on films such as Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Poltergeist . He was also General Manager of the George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic studio. This week, Glen Loyd has an early film made by Smith for Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Films about a Southern Wisconsin Farm family.
Dec 11, 2015
Dec 6, 2015
7 Automotive Turkeys: The Least Satisfying New Cars
Consumer Reports
SUV: Jeep Compass*/Jeep Patriot
My weekly video for the Janesville Gazette
Glen Loyd introduces us to a charming cow known as a Highlander and shows how horses can be protected during huting season.