Scoakat's Blog

Peregrine falcons are one of the most widely distributed birds in the world, but fascinating none the less.  There is a livestream of a nest...

I had the occasion for work to visit our local Henry Vilas Zoo again recently.  Not a group outing this time, just me and a client taking a...

Basic flat bread has become a staple in our household, we always have some on hand in the freezer.  We use it for homemade gyros, sandwiches...

I made the transition to the new desktop computer yesterday.  Much more simple than it used to be, for sure.  All my files are on external h...

I haven't really been in a writing mood recently.  I managed to post about the pavilion, but there are a few other topics I've been ...

I had the occasion for work to be at Olbrich Gardens recently.  Our group was among a couple dozen people waiting for the doors to open prom...

Slowly but surely spring is springing around here.  While no trees have leaves yet, there are buds, some plants are coming up and the grass ...

A week ago our dishwasher died, the pump stopped working.  This one lasted almost exactly 7 years, and the one prior lasted only 5 years, bu...

King Arthur's 2025 Recipe of the Year For the second weekend in a row I made King Arthur's 2025 recipe of the year, a big and bubbly...

2014 Alabama Ice Around this time in 2014 my wife and I visited my Mom at the winter condo where they were staying on the shore of the Gulf...

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At some point today I will turn 500,000 hours old, per this website .  (Or 30,000,000 minutes old.  Or 1,800,000,000 seconds old.)  I'm ...

A couple hawks with a snack, across the street yesterday. After finally getting cable TV canceled last month, no small feat , I changed my s...

I made two rounds of baguettes last weekend, pizza dough, and an odd recipe for cool ranch corn bread.  The first round of baguettes were ma...

As the days grow longer and the temperatures are warmer I'm reminded of how I haven't really walked the neighborhood since starting ...

I've been feeling much better this week but for continuing sniffles, since being sick the prior two weeks.  It's just been going aro...

Happy post-Halloween, everyone.  It was mostly a quiet night around here, so thankfully I got only about a third of the candy we had last y...

It was apparent by the mess outside the back door this morning that the sunflower had indeed gone to seed and those seeds had been discovere...

Kate made olive parmesan bread on Sunday morning.  It was a first try making it and it turned out very good.  She thawed the frozen white br...

I'm not sure what the official numbers were, but I saw 100ºF actual temperature and 117ºF as the 'feels like' temperature on Wed...