Yes, I spent an interesting weekend shooting and fishing… No, really! I went to a Women in the Outdoors program Saturday and actually had a great time. You get to choose four events and they have volunteer instructors spend time teaching you the basics and giving you some practice.
My first event was shotguns. And damned [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Fish, Fish, Bang, Bang…
Posted in Daily Life, tagged archery, bow, fish, gun, outdoors on October 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
She’s Chopping Broccoli…Broc Block SPF 50!
Posted in Random, tagged broccoli, cancer, SNL on October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(OK, am I the only person who remembers that SNL skit with Dana Carvey on the piano?) So, I ran across this headline about broccoli helping to prevent skin cancer and it just is a real oddly written article with a bunch of great quotes too good to pass up.
For example:
“We don’t want [...]
Spider Bread! (does whatever a Spiderbread does…)
Posted in Insect, tagged bread, Insect, spider on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
How cool is this!? This was my present for Sweetest Day (don’t even get me started on what a sham “holiday” this is!) from my husband who knows me so well. I love it! Thanks to Wixey Bakery for another wonderful creation.
It is, however, definitely not for eating as it is a bit, uh, firm. [...]
A River Ran Through It, Alright
Posted in Daily Life, River, tagged dream, newt, River on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One of the most dreaded statements you will hear from someone is, “I had the strangest dream last night…”
Because you know that it will be followed by a long, rambling and disjointed tale that you are going to have to pretend to listen to. This is because of The Dream Rule: While we find our [...]
Need Your Feedback Here
Posted in Daily Life on October 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
OK, just a few questions for the (two!) people who read this blog:
Should I keep the Snap links? (that’s the thing that pops up a little window of the link when you roll over an embedded link in a post) Or are they annoying to you?
I am thinking about separating this blog into 3 categories:
Nature [...]
Shiny, Black & Squished: Blister Beetle Time
Posted in Insect, tagged beetle, blister, Insect on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Photo from Bruce Marlin, black blister beetle, Epicauta pannsylvanica shown on Goldenrod, Solidago sp.
When the goldenrod starts to bloom, I know it’s time for the rise of the blister beetle at a local park. Every year in the fall, the females and males meet up for a little beetle lovin’ at this one particular place [...]
Early Morning Wake Up Call: A Screech Owl
Posted in Bird, Daily Life, tagged Bird, owl on October 5, 2007 | 5 Comments »
For some reason, I couldn’t seem to get any sleep last night. So, I was laying in bed at 5:30 a.m. trying not to think about the fact that the alarm would go off soon and willing myself to get some shut eye (because THAT works so well…) and I heard a sound.
I sat upright, [...]
Nature Epithets: Things that Sound like Swearing….
Posted in Random, Uncategorized, tagged silly, words on October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
but are, actually, just names of various plants/animals/etc…Scientific Cursing, if you will.
This post is due to finding a fantastic creature name from a cool site suggested by Garfman. So, it’s a short list, because it’s late and I don’t fancy sitting up searching for these all night, but here is a start. Please feel free [...]
