Bag of Awesomeness
OK you all knew it was coming sooner or later…. a post about me planting pine trees this season. I hate to disappoint, so here we go… The Mo Dept of Conservation sells bundles of various seedlings for next to nothing and every year I get a few bundles and plant the trees in various...
Read MoreBuzz for Spring
Yesterday I was walking aimlessly around my yard because it was nice outside and sometimes I like to do that. My big pear tree is a huge mess of flowers right now and as it typically does, has attracted a huge swarm of bees. Normally I am not a fan of insects, especially when they are of the...
Read MoreNo New Trail!
Today at lunch I read this story in the Globe about a new round of litigation that the Ruby Jack Trail is up against. Stuff like this frustrates me to no end. Basically the story is that the Joplin Trails Coalition is developing a 16 mile rails to trails project from Carthage to the KS state line...
Read MoreWhy I use a UV Filter
Some photographers knock the idea of putting a $5 piece of glass (UV filter) in front of your $500+ piece of glass (lens). Because I can be a bit clumsy at times I have always subscribed to the concept that a uv filter is the first thing you buy when you get a new camera or lens. Plus, I have done...
Read MoreFar Away Mountain
One time I was eating dinner at someone’s house way up in Kingston, Ontario when a photo on the wall caught my attention. Something about it looked vaguely familiar. It wasn’t a famous natural feature like Yosemite Valley or the Grant Canyon… but as I set there eating I...
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