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My first visit to the archeological site at Chichen Itza was with Susan in 1987. We were traveling in the Yucatan and we stayed at The Piramide Inn in Piste, on the main road between the east coast of the Yucatan and Merida. We entered the site at the opposite end of the ruins fromContinue reading “My time in Mexico (part 4) – Chichen Itza”

Today was a travel day for us, from Ann Arbor to Whitefish Point. It is uncommonly warm at the cabin as it is already dark and still 51F. But the problem that I am having is dealing with time change, which I am not a fan of. Pick on and stick with it. Now onContinue reading “Odds and ends with Monday moaning comics”

This Black-billed Magpie, a western North American species spent a week at our feeders at the cabin sometime around 2010-12 The Golden Eagle is a common migrant in small numbers in April and early May at Whitefish Point. While I have never photographed a Northern Hawk Owl at our cabin, this one was about half-wayContinue reading “Some birds from Whitefish Point over the years.”

That’s all for today – just comics. Later a little on Chichen Itza, Mexico.

The above piece of art I created years ago from stamps that were essentially worthless. I cut them around interesting images and stuck them down onto a piece of watercolor paper. Each group in there tells its own little story. There are birds and Primates all over the place. A group of fish. There areContinue reading “The garden and more at the start of November”

The final art challenge for October is entitled “predator.” I’ll start with the head of a Gyrfalcon that I have used previously. Raptor feet and their talons are impressive. For the past two years we have been able to watch a pair of Osprey attempt to nest on a cell tower that we can seeContinue reading “The final art challenge of October”

The new set up for moths. Susan just received two LED-black lights to go with our florescent black light. The past two night there were a few midges and moths, nothing spectacular. We also had a green lacewing. None of the calling tree-crickets came to the lights. Not many days left for this before itContinue reading “A floral art challenge and more”