Anything worth doing is worth doing well. You’ve heard that, nodded your head probably, but that is only half the story. The rest of the story is: Anything worth doing is going to take you down a road riddled with obstacles. I remember the exact moment this truth came to me. I was scanning my [...]
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Anhinga’s Law
Posted in challenges, human nature, tagged Add new tag, anhinga, challenges, human nature, life, obstacles on December 4, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Sky Tonight – Dec. 1, 2008
Posted in moon, Nature, sky, tagged Add new tag, astronomy, Jupiter, moon, Nature, planets, sky, Venus on December 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This crescent moon above Jupiter and Venus was in a dark, clear sky tonight in Orlando, Florida. It was stunning. Hope you can feel a little of it. Check out Wired Science Blog for good information on this cool event: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/tonight-planets.html?referer=sphere_related_content
Cat Tale
Posted in Humor, tagged Add new tag, black cats, Cats, China, fur, gifts, kittens on November 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m thinking of cats, real and not real tonight. I have some of both. My sister has neither, but she sometimes fantasizes about having a cat in her small apartment. Litter boxes are not her thing, though. What to do, what to do? Big sister to the rescue. For her sixty-ninth birthday I [...]
Feathered Fellow
Posted in birds, Nature, tagged Add new tag, birds, birds of prey, hawk, Nature, red shouldered hawk on October 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Feathers fluffed in the cool of the morning I called this red-shouldered hawk a “fellow” but the face was far too pretty not to be female. She seemed to enjoy the cooler morning on a tree in our side yard.
Fall is Where You Find It
Posted in Nature, tagged Add new tag, berries, butterfly plant, fall, fire bush, hummingbird plant, Nature on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fall is where you find it in Florida. I found the season’s colors in berries on a fire bush. The plant churns out berries all year, but they look like fall. There is no procrastinating to photograph the plump, deep-colored berries because the next day they have started to fade and are on their way to [...]
Painter’s Cool Tool
Posted in Humor, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, Humor, painting, Remodel, Swiss Army Knife, tools, Upgrade on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[]This is the Swiss Army Knife of painter’s tools. Home Depot gives them away. The paint can opener on one end works great, but I have a question. Do we really want our painters to have a beer bottle opener on the other end? On second thought, after rolling a couple of coats on porous knockdown [...]