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...

I was looking through the pictures I took last week and found there weren't many.  I truly did just try to take it easy, and apparently ...

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...

Plus commentary, that is. My wife and I spent time on separate chores this morning, mine at home and hers more unexpected and difficult.  By...

I've been busy this past week, resting and recreating takes a lot of time and effort.  I'm on my first real vacation in a year since...

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 my first fire pit of the season on Friday night.  I was out there early, well before dark, as I didn't want to be out there very l...

The porch warms quite nicely on sunny days during spring and fall.  The cats love the warmth and access again while we welcome the warmth in...

On Friday it got up to 50ºF, while today and tomorrow will hover just above and below 0ºF. Before last winter I got a warming pad for the ca...

Well, time to break the seal with the first new post of 2025.  The holidays have come and gone, and we've settled back into daily life h...

Yesterday they installed two No Parking signs near the top of our street and the next one over.  Today they installed more down both streets...

 It's late, but I wanted to share the latest update, however small.  Yesterday, temporary no parking signs showed up all along our side ...

It appears we're ready to have a new street installed very soon.  There's not been a whole lot of activity lately other than grading...

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...

We had gyros some time ago from a delivery restaurant.  I got the regular gyro meat and my wife hasn't cared for their chicken version s...

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...

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...