I stayed very close to home, in fact was mostly sitting bound, all weekend. But luckily we have a lot of pretty flowers, and a couple butter fly visitors to the yard. There are some of the photos that I took, and there may be more soon.

This is the first time that I grabbed a photo of a monarch that I liked.

I always have to re-search how to do this, so this time I think I will just write a quick note for the steps so if I have to do it again from scratch I will know what I have to do. Create a folder for the templates. I put …

This weekend I went out on the water with a friend searching for puffins, seals and other interesting things. It was the longest that I have been on a boat for over a decade or more. The roundtrip time was expected to be about 4h, but with all the stops …

When I saw this, I knew that I had to re-fresh the wasp trap with some fresh mix.

We went out in a friends boat this past weekend with no real goal. He wanted to go for a ride, and so did my big guy. So we made a plan that morning. The water seemed relatively calm and I wanted to see puffins. I have never seen one …

I think its time to make a change to this site. I'm not nearly as much of a fan of the big front page, with all the pictures, as I was when I built it. So I think I will be making some changes to it to make it "better …

A Swing Song by William Allingham Swing, swing, Sing, sing, Here! my throne and I am a king! Swing, sing, Swing, sing, Farewell, earth, for I'm on the wing! Low, high, Here I fly, Like a bird through sunny sky; Free, free, Over the lea, Over the mountain, over the …

The bluejay has whiskers1 not really, its a bug. ↩︎

I haven't been active on this site for a while, and I'm not promising now that is going to change, but I took a picture of this pretty flower and I thought I would share.

Every year I think that we are going to be better, and every year I'm disappointed. See, there was a major snow storm this weekend, but you wouldn't know it if you drive, only if you walk. The roads are clear, but the sidewalks are a disaster. Not only that …

Four years on and I still think that no one really gets that our response to the pandemic is a root cause to a lot of the "there aren't enough workers" calls in so many industries, this is especially the case for professions that are women led, like teaching, nursing …