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Leopard Seal
Long before I’d ever travelled to Antarctica I’d heard about Leopard Seals (Hydrurga leptonyx). Twelve feet long, reptilian, and vicious, I’d read about them attacking the zodiac boats of tourists, and about one attacking a Canadian Polar Explorer through the ice, just failing in it’s effort to pull him through the hole and underwater. I…
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Sidebar Update
An update to my book list "On the end table" was long overdue. The list hasn’t really reflected what I’ve been reading for quite sometime. In reality I haven’t been doing much reading these days, but I’ve recently changed that. Perhaps its the slide into winter, or my fear that my brain is starting to…
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Too warm!
I’m the type of person who’d just as soon that the weather stayed cold after the onset of winter. As much as I look forward to the spring thaw I don’t like any sort of freeze/thaw cycle. Winters arrived, it might as well stay that way. So, I’m not enjoying the weather of the last…
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Some Trips are Like that
(or we went fishing and all we brought back was these lousy pictures) We decided yesterday to take a trip to Kahula Lake to try and catch some char from the newly formed ice. Leah’s mom & dad and several others had gone up by ATV earlier in the day, and we drove up in…
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November’s First Friday
Okay, I can’t possibly be the only person in the blogosphere who thinks that writing a 500 word short story, whose theme revolves around birding, is a fun, creative exercise? Can I? October’s deadline passed without any submissions (after winning the first two I thought perhaps I’d take a break). I mean I’d like to…
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It’s a Hoot (enanny) – I and the Bird #34
One of the casualties of my current blogging lethargy is that I haven’t even posted notices for the best carnival on the web – I and The Bird. Well I aim to make it right this time around. Pam over at the Tortoise Trail has put together a musical version of this wonderous carnival. While…
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Struck Dumb
And some days I’m just struck dumb by the incredible beauty and it’s subleties outside my window…
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Giving Thanks.
Monday was our Thanksgiving, and we celebrated much as I have most of my life, with a big family supper. Baked Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Turnips, Glazed Carrots, Cauliflower, and of course dessert… Apple, Pumpkin, and Peanut Butter Pies. Unfortunately holidays always make me miss my family even more than usual, but I did manage to…
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Incident at Mickey’s Camp – Post Script
Link to page one. The incident resulted in some 38 or 39 (I can’t remember exactly) criminal charges against Jonny, a seventeen year old, ranging from attempted murder, to point firearm, to break and enter & others. He ended up pleading out to eleven charges in a plea bargain, he was sentenced to two years…
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Incident at Mickey’s Camp – Conclusion
Link to Page one No doubt puzzled why no one was chasing him (which wasn’t entirely true, two ER Team members were out in a boat looking for him, but it’s a big lake), Jonny motored back to Mickey’s camp. As he pulled up to the dock he could hear noises in the bush and…
