Scoakat's Blog

The autumn equinox was Monday, and it came with little fanfare around here.  I've not had a fire since before my vacation, and I went do...

There were fireworks at my Mom's last night at a nearby park with a hill and cornfield in between.  And it rained, softly at first but p...

Been a pretty lazy Sunday around here.  We got a few things done this morning, but I spent way too much time playing games on my phone.  My ...

Shortly after starting the fire on Friday night I had two interesting visitors, as a welcome distraction.  A Brown-headed Cowbird couple cam...

Peonies are a beautiful spring flower, yet, inevitably, it seems to rain hard every year right after they start blooming - or at least when ...

We planted some new bushes today along the new fence in the tree stump area.  I had to remove several plants when we regraded the lot line t...

Our new cedar fence was installed yesterday with few issues.  In fact, they were done by noon, a couple hours before the daylight very notic...

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

It's been a pretty good vacation, a nice time away from work.  I had all of last week off and tomorrow yet, before I have to return on W...

Well, so far so good, as far as I can tell.  I got a pretty good look in the nest today while the mother duck was elsewhere for some reason,...

We have a duck under our back steps again, maybe the same one as 5 years ago .  We knew that a duck had been there, but there were a couple ...

No matter what the month, the weather this spring has certainly been interesting.  This was the start of the hail about 11 this morning.  It...

I brought in the trail camera from the garden area to see what it may have captured, and it did capture a few interesting shots.  I changed ...

I've been pretty frustrated with the trail camera recently, it seems to pick up only what is immediately in front of it and not all the ...

Temperatures are about the same as around 1 year ago when I posted this originally , but more snow and icicles now.  At least the sun is out...

I'd been wanting to have a fire since we got the load of wood a few weeks ago.  I had all the wood splinters and small bark pieces that ...

What a difference a week or two can make.  Three weeks ago I got a load of wood and thought the outlook was good for several more fires befo...

 I still have the weekend but my vacation is essentially over.  All my vacation projects have been completed and I find myself today a bit b...

I can't remember the last time I bought a ticket and saw a band play live, but it may have been Alice Cooper in July 2019.  That's o...

I caved and started up the furnace yesterday afternoon.  It was pretty chilly in the house and I do like to be comfortable, and just a few d...