Once again, I was taking photos for the garden blog and I snapped another of the flower bed out back to show the growth that's happened in just the last week or so. The irises have shot up their buds and there's even one or two open already. Mostly they are a pale, dirty yellow (the ones that were here when we moved in) but there are also pink and purple mixed in that we got from a friend at my work a couple years ago. The alium (purple puffballs) are also at the height of their bloom right now.
The weather this Spring has been odd. After a very mild Winter, March had temps in the 70's and 80's, April was mostly a more seasonal 50's with the obligatory 'April showers' and May is looking good so far with 70's projected for the next week or more.
*Update 5/15/12. I combined all three videos into one using youtube's editor feature (for the first time). Only one video now, and no page break. Original written post remains. Enjoy!
So yesterday, Cinco de Mayo was an excuse for us to have some friends over for some food, drinks and a fire. Well, 'Saturday' would have been a good enough excuse but now there was a reason to play odd Mexican music in our house for an evening. The food, drinks and socializing around the fire in the back yard were the main attraction. I eventually remembered the camera, so after snapping a few bad pics, someone called for video when the orange peep toasting was about to start, and I was 'happy' (read: intoxicated) enough to oblige...
Here is the first of three videos I took in a short period of time. It sets the table with what is going on. After the break are two short videos of sacrificing the last peeps, with a bit of a frantic save, an accidental turning off the video, and the last video is the restart, seconds later, to finish it all off.
We had a very fun night with friends and this was just one of our small adventures, the funny peep finale videos after the break!
As soon I saw the peeps fall off, I jumped up to get them back up to where they would burn and not be a sticky mess on the side. The camera was lost to me until after, I had no idea I was catching myself from below, and even accidentally hit the 'off' button when I picked it back up, thus the short part 3 video, next.
Our thanks to all that came out, we had a great night with you!
...Outdoor Humping Starts Today! - Buzz Burbank - every year.
Happy May Day, Masturbation Month, Memorial Day, Mother's Day, and any other Day for the month, just so we're covered. First off, I'm a day late, I know it. Second, I think I just mentioned two things in the same sentence that can be rather disturbing... No, don't read back!
My wife has been chastising me lately for not posting so much. I work hard on a computer all day, I get tired. Posting isn't just a hammer-it-out thing for me, I can read and re-read several times, sometimes, trying to get it just right. Even now, trying not to, I have edited my previous sentence, dang it. How about I just get right to it, eh?
I was out taking pictures of the garden for a post over on my garden blog, when I decided to take a few pictures of all the plants that we have coming up and growing in our yard. It is a yard plant pic dump, of sorts. First off, is a pic of the alium (purple puff balls) finally opening. Lots more after the break if you wish to view the rest!
40, huh? Time flies. As my pic dumps approach middle age, all the same rules apply. I have 50 plus pics to share (and dump off my computer) that I have saved in my travels through the internet since my last pic dump. Some will shock, some will amaze and some will leave you shaking your head in befuddlement, but most are hilariously humorous! For the most part, they just caught my eye at the right time and I saved them to share just with you. Some may be (will be) NSFW, click the pic for original size if different (although blogger may be doing a slide show thing now, I think), much more after the break and just... Enjoy!
First off, from right here in Madison, Wisconsin, featured in our Dane County Jail since late last year, whats-his-name! This made the rounds in the national media due to his legal name, changed last November if I remember right, shortly before he was jailed. He's a bit of an interesting story, look it up if you wish. Google should have no problem confusing him with anyone else!
Nightwish released the trailer for their upcoming movie, Imaginaerum, this morning.
A couple times in the last few months I've posted a Latest Listening Pleasure... post, first featuring Pain, and then Nightwish. I like that idea and I think you may be seeing that again around here. Now, when that happens may be few and far between at times. As of right now, over 90 percent of what I am listening to is still either Pain or Nightwish!
Space Ghetto. Here's an interesting tribute to one of the sites that I look at when I'm done doing anything meaningful or productive on the internet. There is much good in the ghetto, even though this song refers more to the scroll-scroll-scroll stuff, if you know what I mean. Needless to say, NSFW, and I still will not link to it, or it's lesser (divorcee) site. Enjoy!
I'm over 50, married and child-free. My wife and I have a home not far from downtown Madison, Wisconsin, since 2009. I like music, taking pictures and good humor - plus writing about it all here. I am still not on farcebook or other social media, only Blogger and YouTube. Email me at scoakatsblog@gmail.com. I check it every so often.
Once again, I was taking photos for the garden blog and I snapped another of the flower bed out back to show the growth that's happened in just the last week or so. The irises have shot up their buds and there's even one or two open already. Mostly they are a pale, dirty yellow (the ones that were here when we moved in) but there are also pink and purple mixed in that we got from a friend at my work a couple years ago. The alium (purple puffballs) are also at the height of their bloom right now.
