Scoakat's Blog

Since late last week they started filling the terraces and other areas with dirt, and when I got home today we had all the dirt, seeded and ...

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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 ...

Or hardly working? Really, though, I think they have been working hard.  Everyone gets a break now and again.  Oh, and they were parked, not...

I think it was spring last year we got a bird feeder for the cats to watch.  We kept it over the winter but earlier this year replaced it wi...

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 ...

 From today's walk, same place as last post.  It rained hard early today so this must be new. And an interesting epitaph for this poor b...

Saw this written on the sidewalk during a walk yesterday.  I needed the smile.

The big sunflower is over 8 1/2 feet tall now, almost as tall as me standing on the landing outside the back door.  Certainly taller than my...

After a deep freeze blast in December it's been a relatively mild January regarding snow and temperature, but also mostly lacking sun.  ...

  Well, it takes all kinds.  What there is of this story from last weekend is at this link .  This show is in town tonight at the Sylvee -  ...

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 got a start on my vacation list after work on Thursday, getting the back steps fully power-washed and some of the driveway.  I was going t...

 One of my neighbors got evicted yesterday morning,  And rather rudely evicted, at that. A crew from the city showed up yesterday morning to...

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In exactly two days from when this posts I turn 20,000 days old, on Tuesday the 14th at 8:20 p.m. local time.   This is posted ahead of time...

No Mow May was a two mow May for me, plus some thatching and seeding and pulling weeds.  Many in this area subscribed to the aforementioned ...

My wife is an Eeyore fan and acquired this stuffed singing version many years ago.  Seemed an appropriate thing to do today.