Beyond Birding…

Several people in my life have asked if I do anything besides birding and photography. It does seem to be a new passion and I am getting great pleasure spending time with a hobby that both Tina and I enjoy. I still ride bikes a bit but not with the mileage that I rode...

Mother's Day already

Today is May 11th, and I realized that I haven’t posted anything since April 30th. Where has the time gone and why is it moving so fast? Last weekend, Tina and I got away to Frontenac, MN for a 2 day Yoga retreat. Virginia, (our teacher) and her husband hold a...

Family Geneology

For several years, I have wanted to find a cool online way to track family genealogy, both forwards and backwards. My son Jeff reminded me of a site titled Geni.com, that is quite cool and does a fairly good job of laying out genealogy. Last night I dug out a book of...

New camera & lens

I am now the proud owner of a Canon EOS 20D and a 400mm lens to get up close and personal to our backyard birds. I have been having great fun, seeing how close I can get to subjects, both physically and through the lens. The real trick is being able to get a good...

Fighting Brain Rot

Read a great post this am about fighting “Brain Rot”. Alex Shalman defines it as “It’s when you forcefully stuff too much of the wrong information into your brain, to the point where both your thinking and behavioral patterns become highly...

Thing of the month club

In January 2006, Tina and I made the decision to try semi-retirement. We wouldn’t join a bridge club and play Bingo, but we would give up the security of a full time job and paycheck. We joined AARP, canceled many of our monthly expenses, bought a decent camera and...