11 July 2022
We've been pretty busy, and when that's done, we're pretty relaxed. Here's some of what relaxed looks like:
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26 June 2020
So, Summer arrived this week, and we can tell. Just for context, Sunday night a week ago, it dropped into the low 40's (F) overnight, cold enough that the pellet stove fired itself up. Seriously. Yesterday and today, however, we touched 90F, which made it pretty warm. Between the sun/heat, and weekend boaters, we did not go out this weekend on the boat, but we did make it out on last Monday (Juneteenth observed Federal holiday) and I took most of the day off on Thursday and we got out again. So, all in, three fishing days out of the…
Continue reading...13 June 2022
A few pictures to illustrate the good bits... Our yard through spring so far has been a cornucopia of flowers, here's some more of them... So, yeah, plenty of pleasant surprises from the yard that Lorraine gifted to us when she sold us the house. Have a great week...
Continue reading...5 June 2022
Last night we had a good line of thunderstorms roll through. In several different directions, folks had rain plus the light/sound show. But we got hail, too... Here's the front walk as that phase of the storm was winding down: Not a huge deal, but we only had two small tomato plants in the ground … now we're down to two "3/4 scale" smaller tomato plants. We'll see if they survive. Most of Georgia's days follow a specific pattern: Here's one of the instances of resting in the house, chasing sunbeams Today was special, though. The morning walk up to…
Continue reading...24 May 2022
A sad day for Texas. Another sad day for a world in which the right answer for anyone is to go shoot a bunch of kids. Breaks my heart. We got out on the boat on Saturday. Marcia caught the first fish, before she ran out of steam, on a warm day out on the water. I went back out and caught two more, the biggest being this 1lb 11oz monster small mouth bass. A purposeful catch, too - I saw a spawning bed, knew at this time of year a fish was likely right nearby. I cast a small…
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