Interesting things happening in front of our hotel — We were fascinated by the construction of this miniature golf course going on below our hotel window.
2024
What Gare Bears might wear in the woods — With the emphasis on might. Well actually, might not. We had a good laugh though.
August 1, 2024 11:07
Fish & Chips and a couple of pints at The Still & West — A pint and pub grub on our first evening in Pompey.
July 31, 2024 20:35
Ginger, Gary and the Spinnaker Tower — Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth.
July 31, 2024 18:35
London Heathrow, T5 — I love buildings like this, and we spent ages looking at the construction details.
July 31, 2024 13:35
Heathrow T3 from our hotel — The hotel’s sound insulation was very impressive. 2
July 31, 2024 7:37
To all appearances, we might still be flying — Good flights, an excellent connection, and we zipped through border control in the UK in minutes. Down in Baggage Reclaim our bags were first on the carousel, and our hotel was just a short (inside) walk from Heathrow T3 Arrivals.
July 31, 2024 7:36
Ginger watching the dawn at 30,000 feet. We are off on the first leg of a visit to the UK. Our first since 2019.
July 30, 2024 5:57
Early evening on an Ozarks farm road — It’s all looking very lush and green. Nowadays this road has a lot more traffic than it used to. One-minute read.
July 21, 2024 18:38
Last of the sun — The last of the sun was catching the trees behind the house.
July 20, 2024 19:54
Four deer — They were about 100 yards away and very interested in what we were doing, which just happened to be, watching them.
July 20, 2024 19:05
Another Hat — I bought myself something with a large brim that was also lightweight and airy for the summer.
July 19, 2024 15:20
Cleome houtteana – Spider Plant — Last year, less than half a dozen of these plants appeared in the front yard flower bed. Ginger collected the seeds and sowed them. This year we have been rewarded by this spectacular display.
July 6, 2024 9:26
Journals and Ink — Four journals, four pens, one pencil, and three bottles of ink. I felt the need to take a picture, and this is what I came up with.
June 21, 2024 16:29
I’ve been shopping — It looks like a lot, but at 2-300 rounds per trip to the range it won’t last long. Now I’ve just got to find space to store it all in the gun safe.
June 13, 2024 16:46
Mammatus clouds over Springfield — We’ve had some weird weather lately. I heard about a house being hit by three tornadoes in the past month (around 30 miles from us). This week, we were on the edge of a storm that, according to the radar, was dumping twenty-five inches of rain per hour. +2
May 8, 2024 20:21
Journal: Two days solo backpacking in Hercules Glades Wilderness, April 2024 — I decided to get out for a one-night trip to Hercules Glades. Apart from our Eclipse Trip I’ve not been out this month. An overnight stop at my camping spot near Deep Hollow would be just what the doctor ordered. Journal: 2 8
April 21, 2024 17:30
It’s that trail cairn again — By one-thirty I had camp squared away, and I started an uneventful hike back to the trailhead. +2
April 21, 2024 16:09
Jus’ Chilling — The six-mile hike back to the trailhead should only take three to four hours (depending on if I stop for lunch), so I can sit back, take it easy, and enjoy the forest for a while. +1
April 21, 2024 12:02
Day Two. Late Breakfast — Biscuits and Gravy, and a cup of Rosie Lee.
April 21, 2024 11:31
The pollen was prodigious — As the green-yellow dusting of pollen on my feet attests, the pollen was indeed prodigious. No wonder I was coughing and sneezing.
April 20, 2024 17:10
There was a trickle of water coming from the spring — With camp set up I headed off down into ‘Deep Hollow’ to see if the spring was running. Much to my surprise it was — just a trickle but enough to have saved me from having to lug in three liters of water! Not to worry, I need the exercise!
April 20, 2024 17:04
Day One. Back at ‘Deep Hollow,’ Hercules Glades Wilderness — I decided to get out for a one-night trip to Hercules Glades. Apart from our Eclipse Trip I’ve not been out this month. An overnight stop at my camping spot near Deep Hollow would be just what the doctor ordered. One-minute read.
April 20, 2024 16:47
Morning tea on an old stool — At some point in life, we learn the value of eschewing the bright, shiny, and new for the well-worn, used, and patinaed that does its job, and does it well enough.