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I love bats, and have been lucky to see quite a few in the US, Canada, Mexico and Central America. But one I would love to see are the “flying foxes of SE Asia. But as the human population has grown exponentially over the years these animals, along with many others are brought into closerContinue reading “Human population growth, animals and disease”

Peanuts always seems to be spot on when it comes to history. I learned about Bill Mauldin as a kid. My father had old editorial cartoons cut out from Stars and Stripes that he showed me. It’s hard to believe that my memories were from a mere 10 years after he was in the marines.Continue reading “Remembrance Day, Veterans Day Celebrations”

My father was proud to have served in the USMC during World War II. He’s #8 at the tail of the pack howitzer. I’m not sure where this photo was taken, but do know that it was in the South Pacific, possibly Guam. My father, squatted down low at the tail of the gun becauseContinue reading “In 1775 the U.S. Marines were formed”

We managed to get everything ready in the garden before the rain started last night. Hopefully, it will stop before the little ones are out tricker-treating. Whatever happens we are ready for them. If birds celebrated Halloween and were in charge of the pumpkins. More tomorrow when Halloween is done.

After leaving Whitefish Point this morning we headed to Huron County Michigan to see if we could find the Variegated Flycatcher that has been there for the past ten days. Sightings have been on Wallace Rd., near Port Austin. Recently they have all been before 9AM or after 3PM. We arrived at the site shortlyContinue reading “Seeing a stray flycatcher in Michigan”

It was a rainy day at Whitefish Point. That gave me the perfect opportunity to get caught up on posting some sketches. The prompt for October 17th was “salty.” So I drew a seashell that Susan picked up last February on the beach in New Smyrna Beach. The prompt for October 18th was “scrape.” ThatContinue reading “Inktober – batch five”

Before getting to some drawings, there are two photos from the web. This is one of Olympia in Detroit. I had the pleasure of seeing many Detroit Red Wings games there. I saw one professional lacrosse game there when Detroit had a team. Finally I went to several concerts there including seeing Blind Faith, (withContinue reading “Inktober – batch four”

Wow, 18 inches of snow south-west of Marquette, but almost none at Whitefish Point. It was an interesting fall snowstorm. Now, on to some drawings. The Inktober prompt for October 8th was match. So I did a “match” of two people’s hearts. October 9th prompt was “nest.” Here’s a quick sketch of a Palm WarblerContinue reading “Inktober – group three”

It was a beautiful morning, albeit with threatening clouds that started producing rain soon after getting home from a walk. Now on to some sketches. October 4th the theme was scallop. My question is dinner or a shell? So, my feeble attempt at combining dinner with a meal, including lemon and garlic. October 5th themeContinue reading “Inktober – batch two”

Our day started in the dark with a beautiful look at the Moon. Then it was off to an early breakfast. A restaurant that we had not visited before. A highlight for me was being able to get cheesy grits that were quite good. It was also nice to have time to chat with ourContinue reading “A beautiful Sunday with friends and birds”