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Oh wow - 11 days since I have posted - it is a bit odd to wait that long, but I guess it goes to show how boring my life has become, since there evidently haven't been any occurrences worth posting about.
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@Scarred4Lyfe in April 2023
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Scar enjoys the Sumday Afternoon Sumbeans
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Turkey vultures at the end of the property today. I assume there is a fresh kill down on the hill at the end of the yard or on the railroad tracks at the bottom of the hill. There were 6 of them altogether, 4 that were down below my line of sight took off as I approached. The second photo gives a good idea of how large they are, the two birds in the photo are about 25 meters away.
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Beautiful Spring day here, mostly sunny and currently 28°C/82°F at almost 5 PM. Emoci is busy lazing in the sun while she performs her Afternoon Squirrel Watch™.
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This is what happens when I get bored. I'm not sure of my own opinion of it, I'm not sure what it is or what it is supposed to represent, I simply know that it is.
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It doesn't take much at all to fool the auto-focus on my camera - just one twig sticking out between the moon and I, and of course the camera had to latch onto it and focus there. So I gave the camera (mounted on a stand) a small nudge to move the twig out of the field of view and took a clear shot. (the 2nd and 3rd photos are individual shots).
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If Orthodox Easter is next Sunday does that mean today is Unorthodox Easter?
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SAD BUT TRUE - IN AMERICA, IT IS SAFER TO BE IN PRISON THAN TO BE IN PUBLIC. No one gets killed by a stranger or a stray bullet in prison. Yes, inmates get killed, but it is never by accident. The person killed is always the person that is supposed to get killed. You aren't going to be walking to the chow hall or the library or working out lifting weights or walking to the commissary and suddenly BOOM! you're dead because someone else was getting shot at (or stabbed). But if…
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8:20 A.M. CDT Olney IL USA April 12, 2023 It is not often at all that I am graced with not one, but TWO albino squirrels out feeding at the tree in the morning, but today was one of those rare days.
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The name of this record is actually simply 'The Beatles', but it is more commonly referred to as 'The White Album'. Released 55 years ago now, this is NOT a copy from 1968, but is a reissue from the 2018 50th anniversary box set featuring this album plus the double-lp 'Escher Demos', which were early versions of the songs worked up by individual band members. Side one 1. "Back in the U.S.S.R." 2. "Dear Prudence" 3. "Glass Onion" 4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 5. "Wild Honey Pie" 6.…
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I just realized how badly I have been screwing up for the past couple of years. I've been posting what I am playing on my turntable, but I forgot to include speakers and an amp in the posts so you could hear it as well! So let me rectify that: Sansui FR-D25 turntable with older Audio Techinca cart (plus spare Ortofon 2M Blue cart/headshell), Marantz Model 2015 receiver, Infinity RS5 speakers. Nothing real fancy, but it gets me through the night. And a fantastic album from…
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Afternoon jams with Nazareth - Razamanaz Side One - 1. "Razamanaz" 2. "Alcatraz" 3. "Vigilante Man" 4. "Woke Up This Morning" Side Two - 1. "Night Woman" 2. "Bad Bad Boy" 3. "Sold My Soul" 4. "Too Bad, Too Sad" 5. "Broken Down Angel" YouTube link for 'Woke Up This Morning' https://youtu.be/-XsTGYJmFj4?t=31
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Yesterday ended up being a Judas Priest marathon on the sound system (Hell Bent for Leather, Screaming for Vengeance, Rocka Rolla), today's picks started with ZZ Top (Tres Hobres). (Five photos)
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So it was three years ago today that Lil' Miss Thang (Emoci) showed up unannounced. No clue where she came from, in my estimation she was between 6-9 months old. After hanging out in my side yard for a few days, on the third day she followed Scar inside when he came in the house and that was that - she's been here ever since. But about 9 months after she showed up, I thought I'd best take her in to the vet and get her spayed - so I set up an appointment and dropped her off…
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Happy 4/20 to those that know. Unfortunately today is also the anniversary of Adolf Hitler's birthing. But I'd rather go hang out with Snoop and Willie. *puff**puff**pass*
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Going 'Old School' with the TV, put up an outdoor digital antenna on a 20 foot telescoping mast that I fastened to the house this afternoon. I get several channels (6) and each channel carries 4 programs in its digital broadcast signal, so I effectively have 24 broadcast TV programs to choose from - for free, no cable, no Internet/streaming service. I get most of the major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS) and news is local to my area since they are local broadcast stations…
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Just picked up, brand new limited edition 4-LP live release from Van Halen.
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I love my country, but some days I wish I could leave it. I'm not anti-gun, but I think many people should not have one. I think the courts in my country often make incorrect rulings involving shooting deaths. This is leading to more and more idiots that think lethal force is legally justified even when no one's life is in imminent danger. It gets me just a bit perturbed some mornings...like today for instance. Enjoy 3½ minutes of me speaking my mind.…
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These businesses love to claim they 'have never had a recall' - even though they SHOULD issue a recall. Most specifically, I am talking about Purina Fancy Feast™ Cat Food. The last two cases I have bought (at $22.97 per case after tax) have been incorrectly labeled. I purchased them (in separate purchases) intending to buy Fancy Feast Gravy Lover's Beef Feast w/Gravy. Instead, both cases were labeled Beef Feast but instead contained Chicken Feast. Now, it wouldn't really…
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Every once in a blue moon I manage to edit a shot that surprises me with how well it turns out. I simply love how the reflection of the album jacket shows up on the vinyl record itself from the flash of the camera.
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I made a very interesting discovery this morning - spiders are a LOT more terrifying when they LOOK at you. I snapped several photos of this one earlier and I'd scanned through about a dozen when suddenly one with it staring at me popped out and about made me have to change underwear. lol
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Nice surprise for me this afternoon, only the second time I have captured photos of a red-headed woodpecker and I've lived here 9 years now.
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This Saturday Morning update brought to you courtesy of the letters m, a, r, i, j, u, a again, n, and a again!
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Heck yes! I love it when I am actually ready and a 'rare' bird comes to the feeders. This Red-Headed Woodpecker showed his face a few times yesterday, but the only shots I got were through glass that needed cleaned, and with my smaller point-and-shoot camera. This morning, I caught just a glimpse of it, so I got my DSLR ready and a few minutes later BOOM! it reappeared and I started snapping. This is only the third time in almost 9 years (I moved into this house in late June…
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Quiet Sunday morning waiting for the yearly appearance of the Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (a type of bird) - they are late this year, usually I've been seeing them for around a week by now. But it got too quiet, so I had to make some noise.