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This is what my father was doing in the South Pacific when he turned 21. And below are two Naval Commendation Ribbons that he (and a lot of other marines) received for actions in 1944. My father was shipped home from with South Pacific after he contracted dengue fever, a mosquito borne disease. But otherContinue reading “Armistice Day/Remembrance Day/Veteran’s Day – a special day whatever you call it”

We came up to the cabin yesterday. It was an easy drive, as long as you enjoy 365 miles in the car. Susan made lunch so we stopped at a rest area and were able to sit at a picnic table in the sun and eat. Last night it only dropped to 49F and theContinue reading “Whitefish Point”

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.