Friday & Saturday April 12 & 13 The Friday performance was a great deal of fun, though very, very cold. Hooray for Melisa who brought out her little buddy (a portable propane fuel heater). We stayed late because of barrel racing slack. I probably got back to my hotel around 11:00. Unfortunately, maybe, slack started … More College Rodeo – Grand Junction 2019
Friday April 12, 2019 There’s nothing like spring and the return of sunshine. Sunrise this morning happened at 7:00 a.m. This meant I was up and out of the hotel by 6:30 so I could be at Antelope Island for the sun, or rather for the drizzle and clouds hiding the sun. Antelope Island never … More Early April at Antelope Island
Thursday April 11, 2019 Hooray for the ISU Rodeo Team. Because I go to their events I get out of town in the fall and the spring. Today, I left work an hour early and drove to Brigham City. Leaving early on Thursday shortens the overall drive to Grand Junction Colorado by a couple of … More Early April at the Bear River Refuge
Saturday April 6th I thought I would take a day and explore my nearby Northern hotspots. In particular I was hoping it was not to late to see Snow geese. The migration of waterfowl was in full flight. There were hundreds and hundreds of ducks of all kinds. Sandhill crane in the reeds Bald eagle … More Camas NWR and Market Lake- April 2019
Friday Mar 22-24 I always enjoy the Weber State rodeo in Ogden. The plus side includes the indoor arena, how close it is to Pocatello, the nearby birding (Bear River Refuge) and the shopping. The minus side includes the indoor arena. For personal comfort I like indoor arenas where the rain and the wind cannot … More College Rodeo: Ogden UT
Friday March 22 Once again at my favorite refuge… So excited to spot this Hooded merganser! A first sighting at the refuge for me. I’ve never seen a Common merganser at the refuge either. I was trying to get a good photo of the Ring necked pheasant. It took looking at the picture on my … More Bear River Refuge – March 2019
What with a vacation, a 60th wedding anniversary, my dad’s birthday and eventually a funeral I ended up spending first a week in Texas (airline there and back) only to spend one day at home and load up the car and daughter and drive back, for another two weeks including driving there and back. Inevitably … More Texas – Spring 2019
Birds. You know once you get hooked on them you find yourself doing all kinds of things such as watching cartoon birds. I snagged Rio from a bargin bin and was surprised at how much I enjoyed this lighthearted romp. He can’t fly, he’s clueless about the wild, and he’s on his way to Rio … More Movie Review: Rio
Dreambirds (Jody Bergsma Collection) by David Odgen, 1997 I picked up this book at a local thrift store. It is a gorgeously illustrated children’s book. A few years ago I picked up a wonderful print by Jody Bergsma https://www.bergsma.com/ Similar to this: Finding a book full of this artists vivid, flowing images evoking Alaska & … More Review: Dreambirds
I was first introduced to this book as a young child of maybe 4 or 5 while my family (consisting of three girls and two parents) lived in a suburb of Chicago in the late 60s & early 70s. I LOVED this book. My mother had to read it to me many times. Actually, she … More Review: Are You My Mother?
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