My OperaMemorial Day Weekend
Friday, May 25, 2012 4:45:40 PM
...OK, I'm out of here until Tuesday. God Bless the Veterans Living and Dead. Fire up the ole grill and drink one for them!
Trying to Fill the Sink Hole on the Cheap. Or: It WON'T Work People!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:25:35 PM
I give it about Four Months until the hole opens up again!
Chipmunk On Parade!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:20:20 PM
This fellow and his family live under my storage locker. The pictures are not very good, but as fast as the little beggars are... I am lucky to get this shot.
Two Diamond Reos
Friday, May 18, 2012 3:40:34 PM
The blue one is a 1926 & the rusty brown one is a 1922. These cars were built in Lansing, Michigan. Both of these cars still run and are used on weekends quite a bit.
Tale of a Disorganized Mind Or: You got to be KIDDING me!
Sunday, May 13, 2012 5:38:16 PM
...Yes people, this is my desk at this time. Actually it used to be worse... if you look closely you can see that I'm in the process of cleaning it up. Somewhere at the bottom, there is an unfinished manuscript that I would like to start working on again.
Aftermath of The "Emerald Ash Borer"
Saturday, May 12, 2012 2:57:27 PM
This pile of sawdust is all that is left of a once stately Ash tree. This Spring it was found to be completely dead. So down it came.
Chipmunks
Friday, May 4, 2012 3:50:59 PM
...No pictures of chipmunks yet. They are just too fast for me! They have a warren under my store-shed and a tunnel that goes all they way under my patio slab. They always seem to come out when I am playing the piano and by the time I grab the camara they are under cover again.
...New plan: I will get the camara ready and then just pretend that I am playing the piano. That might work!
...New plan: I will get the camara ready and then just pretend that I am playing the piano. That might work!
My Uncle's Birthday 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012 12:09:43 AM
...For two days I wandered around in Detroit with my uncle on his birthday. I took a lot more pictures than I can post right now, but some are up.
The Exterior of the bar.
My uncle on the front porch of the house he just bought.
More Bird Stories
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:45:49 PM
...There was a lot of noise in the back yard this morning! A big bird ruckus. I opened the curtians and looked out: Guess what? The grackles are back, the "Hell's Angels" of the bird world. Of course, by the time I got my camara out they'd split, but they'll be back.
...The finches are hard at it now, building nests; I watched them mining stuff out of the pile of matierial left over from when the robins built their nest. Mr. Finch was catching hell this morning, Mrs. Finch chased him all around my patio, just pecking the heck out of him. Finally he just took off, but he came back after awhile. I think his nest building efforts may have been less than what Mrs. Finch wanted, because he went right to work when he came back. The robins eggs have not hatched out yet. I hope they are alright... the robins had a fight with an intruder yesterday; they threw a strange bird out of their nest.
...The finches are hard at it now, building nests; I watched them mining stuff out of the pile of matierial left over from when the robins built their nest. Mr. Finch was catching hell this morning, Mrs. Finch chased him all around my patio, just pecking the heck out of him. Finally he just took off, but he came back after awhile. I think his nest building efforts may have been less than what Mrs. Finch wanted, because he went right to work when he came back. The robins eggs have not hatched out yet. I hope they are alright... the robins had a fight with an intruder yesterday; they threw a strange bird out of their nest.
