Somehow we have been too busy to go out kayaking recently. In spite of that we have taken a few hundred pictures and it is time to blog again. I am amazed at how fast pictures accumulate around here. After I complete a blog, I often wonder how I am going to generate content for […]

We had a few warm days so we spent more time outdoors. To celebrate the weather we were inspired to change Cyrus’ clothes. Boids The boids haz been active. Our feeders are still dominated by the juvenile English starlings, but they leave the Oriole feeder alone. However they have found the suet feeder in the

May is winding down with a wet cold Memorial Day weekend. We are in the mid forties temperature wise and getting two inches of much needed rain. We used the weather as an excuse to do some shopping and eating out. We are all vaccinated now and so are more able to get out and

Spring can be a very entertaining time of year around here. I have already collected enough pictures for another blog and I think they tell an entertaining story, so here goes. Kayak Adventure 2021-02 Andrew and I got out again. We have seen people enjoying the bay. Here are some people on Hobie kayaks. These

We got our taxes done enough to file. I guess even that little bit is an accomplishment. We didn’t manage to properly winterize the yard and then when spring came around it was difficult to catch up. We were making progress but too slowly. So we finally decided to get some help and get caught

We are getting around and things are starting to feel a lot more normal, postCOVID. We are staying busy. There is gardening to do. We are also socializing in small groups. And we are getting out of the house. Bedrock Gardens We took an outing to visit Cyrus’ birthplace, Bedrock Gardens. I spent more time

Spring is in full force here. The fruit trees are in full bloom and it is just a really pretty time of year. Blooms Home on the Bay Every morning when I walk the dog, I check to see if the dock is in. Guess what I saw? Dock It sure looks like the dock

This was the month of the ‘Orange Moon’. We got out to enjoy the view when wed took Benji for his bedtime walk. We are getting out of the house more. We even had a small party with six vaccinated people total. I hope we are done with April’s weather surprises. So without further ado………….

It snowed again today and we had a frost last night. Well I hope I am not spamming you. This is the fourth blog of April and there will likely be a fifth, Maybe that calls for a fifth. We are getting out more and walking the shore. We have seen the work boat and

Ha! Ha! You must be joking, April snow? But I guess the joke is on me. Story time: April 8-10,1973 was the worst Iowa blizzard on record. I was at Iowa State University in Ames Iowa. It was sooo windy, you couldn’t stand up and they had to shut down the University. There were nineteen