Tag Archives: Random
Second Annual Strawberry Photograph
My strawberry patch has grown even larger this year. Hurrah! Here’s my post with photographs from last year, in case you missed it. Strawberry Fields.
Filed under Gardening, Humor, Kansas, Kansas City, Life, Nature, Photography
Monarch Watch Spring 2009 Open House
My friend Deb buys some tropical milkweed at the Monarch Watch Spring Open House at the University of Kansas on May 9. Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor, at left in the yellow hat, and many volunteers were busy as the … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Butterflies, Conservation, Education, Environment, Food, Gardening, Insects, Kansas, Life, Natural History, Nature, Personal, Photography, Science, University of Kansas
What a Relief!
I don’t have the shakes any more! Today’s Kansas City Star reports that the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the boot heel (southeast) area of Missouri may be quieting down, which is very good news. A series of earthquakes … Continue reading
Filed under History, Kansas City, Life, Personal, Science
Loving Kindness
The Gift Of Metta – Loving Kindness – Pass It On My friend Sandy always finds very soothing and peaceful videos and passes them on. Here’s the latest one. Sandy is “Thinking Out Loud” on my blogroll. This video has … Continue reading
Filed under Friendship, Life, Music, Personal, Random, Relationships
Covering All of the Angles of the Bermuda Triangle
A recent television report about the Bermuda Triangle gave me the shivers. (See video below.) I love the Bermuda Triangle spookiness because it validates my dislike of flying in small planes and sailing out of sight of the shore. Hey, you could lost out there! … Continue reading
The Birds
IMAGINE THIS SCENE: A man and a woman are watching ”Country Calendar” on the television in their house on a lonely sheep station near Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. The woman gets up from the couch to get some tea. She hears a fainting tapping on the … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, Bird-watching, Birds, Entertainment, Environment, Humor, Life, Movies, Nature, New Zealand, Personal, Photography, Travel
Old Photographs of the Famous and the Not-So-Famous
In January, Ulysses S. Grant VI discovered a photograph in his great-great-grandfather’s album of President Abraham Lincoln standing next to the White House. Lincoln is especially “hot” right now, because his birthday was 200 years ago this year. A collector paid Grant $50,000 … Continue reading
Filed under Abraham Lincoln, History, Humor, Life, Personal, Photography, Presidents, Random
National Grammar Day
I partied really hard yesterday on Square Root Day yesterday (03/03/09). After all, it only happens nine times a century. The next one won’t happen until 04/04/2016. However, after so much calculating, National Grammar Day today caught me completely by surprise! In fact, I’m going to … Continue reading
Clouds
I was driving home from an appointment when I noticed the sky above with filled with clouds in a pattern like corduroy. I couldn’t wait to get home and grab my camera to take some photographs. We don’t have … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Kansas, Kansas City, Life, Nature, Personal, Photography, Random
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
The three blue supergiant stars in Orion’s Belt are hotter and much more massive than the Sun. Continue reading
Filed under Life, Photography, Science
