I had almost given up - my favorite part of spring is when the annual spring migration of the Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks comes through the area, which usually starts during the last week of April. Well, I've been expecting them since round April 26th, which is (within a day or two either way) when they normally first appear. And I've been waiting - and watching - and waiting - and looking - and nope, nada. Then this morning FINALLY the first traveler dropped in for a bite to…
Enjoying some spin time with the turntable this morning. Kiss - Creatures of the Night Santana - Abraxas Scorpions - Blackout Nothing cranked up loud, but sounding real nice regardless.
Heavy turtle traffic in the yard today, a pair of male Eastern Box Turtles, one in the back yard and one in the side yard. (2 photo sets) I thought the one headed for the brush pile was the same one I'd seen earlier, but when I looked the first one was still where I had seen it at. Saturday afternoon 1:30 PM Somewhere in southeastern Illinois USA
I've never seen it happen before here, and I'll likely never see it again, but I was lucky enough to be shooting photos out in front of the house when three albino squirrels showed up at the same time. May 7th 2023 Rainy Sunday morning Somewhere in southeastern Illinois USA
I almost wanna be real here for a minute and let it all hang loose but instead I shall continue to present this veneer. But if I WERE perchance for some bizarre reason to choose to expose the soft underbelly of my life, would that really matter? No. Of course not. This is online. Every idiot has a voice. Mine is simply part of a sea of voices, all but indistinguishable from another. But drop by the house some day and I'll tell you all about it. May 10th, 2023 11:50 A.M. CDT…
But this getting older shit sucks. Trying to find a day where my legs and arms are working properly AND days where the lawnmower and weed whacker and chain saw and all are working properly ain't like it used to be - I want to get everything done on the days where everything works - but those days only pop up once or twice a week, and then if it's raining, well... So I ALMOST have the property line cleared of honeysuckle and all the other 'trash' plants invading the yard -…
Spent most of yesterday chasing after a shot of one of these. It is mating season for many birds here, and I had three or four Red-Headed Woodpeckers calling from high up in the tree canopies but they were all shielded from view by the leaves. I finally just parked myself on a bench in the front yard with my camera and waited - and then waited some more, because I kept hearing them. Finally one decided to land in an area I had a clear view of and I snapped off several (like…
Some days it takes a lot of music to start the day right...
Still alive and kicking. And to whomever sent me 20 cents here yesterday, thank you (pretty sure I know who it was).
3-LP vinyl set Tool - Fear Inoculum 3 albums but only 5 sides of music, the 6th side is an unplayable laser etching (2nd photo).
Some of these vinyl albums look pretty cool. Had this live Sammy Hagar album out playing it earlier this afternoon.
I normally will not buy copies of an album I already own - but not all records sound the same. Different pressings can have vastly different sound qualities, and Chickenfoot III is a great example of it. I originally bought the red (US) release when this came out, but was fairly unhappy with the sound, extremely flat and lacking any type of 'presence' to it. So several months later, I came across the blue (European) release for sale and decided to buy it and see if it was…
Amazing what a person can do if a person knows what they are doing. Most people would have said the records in the second photo were not salvageable but they would have been wrong.
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