This morning and most of the afternoon I had the privilege of working on several wiring issues at the home of a young family in Gulfport, who needed some miscellaneous household electrical wiring projects done.
It was very warm working in the sunshine, and it was quite considerate of the father to bring out several bottles [...]
Archive for May, 2008
SATURDAY HEAT AND WIRING FUN!
Posted in Hurricane Katrina recovery, Uncategorized, tagged helping families, hot weather, Hurricane relief, hurricane relief volunteer, Mississippi Gulf Coast Hurricane relief on May 31, 2008 | 11 Comments »
2008 – WEEK #13 – MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BLUE BIRD UPDATE – WITH PICS OF EMILY THE TREE-CLIMBING WONDER DOG & NATURALIST JOHN!
Posted in Blue Bird eggs, Blue Birds, Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge, Hurricane Katrina recovery, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Live Oaks, University of Southern Mississippi, tree climbing dog, tagged bayou cookouts, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Birds, Brett Favre's alma mater, dogs chasing squirrels, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Hurricane Katrina recovery, Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge, Maggie Dammit, Master Naturalist John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast volunteers, Mississippi Live Oaks, Southern Miss graduate, tree climbing dog on May 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
It’s Week #13 update time for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Program folks! So, here is what ‘Master Naturalist’ buddy John and I found today, May 30, 2008, walking around campus during our Friday afternoon Blue Bird Trail nesting survey: (sprinkled in among the findings are images of Master Naturalist Buddy John, his Tree-Climbing [...]
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND – YEP!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cattle ranching, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Devils Tower, movie making on May 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Last weekend, after commenting on Quin Anne’s post Indiana Jones~In the Beginning, and advising her that I lived and worked on one of the Wyoming ranches where the movie was made, Quin asked me to share a story about that episode in my life.
After graduating from college and not being able to land a teaching [...]
2008 – WEEK #12 – MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BLUE BIRD UPDATE
Posted in Blue Birds, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Uncategorized, tagged Blue Birds, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds on May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s Week #12 update time for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Program folks! So, here is what ‘Master Naturalist’ buddy John and I found today, May 23, 2008, walking around campus during our Friday morning Blue Bird Trail nesting survey:
Box #1- 5 Blue Bird babies flew. – Last week: At least 4 [...]
MOUNTAIN MAN ADVENTURES OF WILL ROLFE
Posted in Fur Traders, Fur Trappers, Green River, Jackson Hole, Mountain Men, Mt. Moran, Rendezvous, Sleeping Indian Mountain, Snake River, Wyoming, tagged Add new tag, American Fur Trade, Beaver Trapping, Green River, Indian Squaw, Indian Wife, Jackson Hole, Jenny Lake Wyoming, Long Hair in the Wind, mountain man love, Mountain man Will Rolfe, Sleeping Indian Mountain, Snake River on May 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Chapter 2:
Mountain Man Will Rolfe:
“On our way down offa Sleepin Injun Mountain, lookin way off yonder a way ta the the west, at least a daze ride, the purty waturs a Jenny Lake sparkled so green an shiny, it don takes a man’s breath juss plum away. I fugur’d that me’an Long Hair in [...]
2008 – WEEK #11 – MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BLUE BIRD UPDATE
Posted in Blue Birds, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Spring, tagged Blue Birds, Master Naturalist John, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chickadees on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s Week #11 update time for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Program folks! So, here is what ‘Master Naturalist’ buddy John and I found today, May 16, 2008, slogging around campus in the pouring rain (we are so dedicated!), in our Friday morning Blue Bird nesting survey:
Box #1- At least 4 Blue [...]
TO STAY AN EMT, OR, HANG UP THE STETHOSCOPE…?
Posted in EMT's worst nightmare, Emergency Medical Technician, Hazards to EMTs, a father's pain, a son's anguish, auto accident nightmare, tagged a father in pain, accident pain, an EMT's worst nightmare, auto accident nightmare, Emergency Medical Technician, EMS Volunteer, EMT License, EMT-Basic, Hazards to EMTs, worst nightmare on May 15, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Decision time was upon me this week.
Should I complete on-line EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Refresher requirements and renew my Wisconsin EMT-Basic License, even though I have been on temporary leave from my service for the past 1 1/2 years while down here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast doing hurricane Katrina relief?
Or should I say that [...]
DINOSAUR LOVERS
Posted in dinosaurs, tagged bucking horse, Canyon Creek Ranch, Chicago Museum of Natural History, dinosaur lovers, dinosaurs, fossil hunting on May 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This post was prompted by a comment I made on Quin Browne’s blog today, and is about the love of dinosaurs.
Why is it that so many youngsters love dinosaurs?
I didn’t, when I was a kid.
I didn’t even know about dinosaurs when I was a kid.
Sheltered childhood, huh? Perhaps that’s what you can get from attending [...]
RENDEZVOUS AT HENRY’S FORK – 1825
Posted in 1825 Rendezvous, Fur Traders, Green River, Hoback River, Mountain Man's Field Guide to Grammar, Mountain Men, Rendezvous, Sleeping Indian Mountain, Snake River, Uncategorized, tagged American Fur Trade, Beaver Trapping, elk steaks, Fur Traders, Gary Spina, Green River, grizzly bears, Henry's Fork of Green River, Hoback Canyon, Hoback River, Indian Squaw, Indian Wife, Jackson Hole, mountain man love, Mountain man Will Rolfe, Mountain Men, r, Sleeping Indian Mountain, Wyoming on May 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Mountain Man Will Rolfe:
Chapter One:
I wuz ridin long that afta noon on ma hoss Buck, with ma young squaw wife, Long Hair in the Wind, ridin’ on Donell bahine me, and wuz leadin ma mules, Old Nell and Ship Rock, along the slickkery, slate trail that led down off a Sleepin’ Injun Mountain, up in [...]
2008 – WEEK #10 – MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BLUE BIRD UPDATE
Posted in Blue Birds, Chickadee babies, Chickadee nesting, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Chickadee nesting, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, Blue Bird nesting, Chickadee babies, Chickadee nesting, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chickadees on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Week #10 Mississippi Blue Bird Update time, folks! So, here is what Naturalist buddy John and I found today, May 9, 2008, in our Friday morning Blue Bird nesting survey:
Image: Nesting Box #11 – 6 growing Chickadee babies
Box #1- 4 & possibly 5 Blue Bird babies. – Last week: 5 Blue Bird eggs.
Box #2- [...]
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