Ok, Blue Bird fans, it’s Week #17 update time for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Program in the city of Long Beach, on the 45-acre campus of the South Mississippi Regional Center!
So, here is what ‘Master Naturalist’ buddy John and I found today, June 27, 2008, walking around campus during a Friday morning, taking [...]
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2008 – WEEK #17 – MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BLUE BIRD UPDATE
Posted in Blue Bird nesting, Hurricane Katrina recovery, Mississippi Spring, Snake River, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Blue Birds flew the nest, Bluebirds, Gulf Coast, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Gulf Coast Killdeer babies, Killdeer babies, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chickadees, Mississippi Gulf Coast Killdeer babies, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on June 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
JUNE 26TH UPDATE ON STEVE
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I want to provide a quick update on the medical condition of my nephew Steve, who is in Intensive Care at a Madison, Wisconsin hospital this week.
During two serious operations two days ago, Steve came to be in critical condition, after massive internal bleeding requiring over a hundred units of blood to be moved into [...]
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR STEVE
Posted in prayers, tagged prayers on June 25, 2008 | 12 Comments »
For the Coast Rat, these are most anxious days and hours.
When my cell phone rang yesterday afternoon at 3:30pm, and I saw that the caller was my brother, I knew something was wrong.
When a member of my extended family calls me during the day, it is seldom just to pass the time.
I punched answer, and [...]
HARBOR LUNCH IN ‘THE PASS’
Posted in Gulf Coast Shrimping Season, Hurricane Katrina recovery, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi gulf coast harbor, Pass Christian, Shaggy's Cafe in Pass Christian, Shaggy's cafe on the beach, backyard plants on the bayou, banana spiders, beach cafe lunch, yellow-fin tuna, tagged Add new tag, backyard plants on the bayou, banana spiders, beach cafe lunch, Gulf Coast Shrimping Season, Hurricane Katrina recovery, Master Natutalist Buddy John, Mississippi, Mississippi harbor, MS harbor, Out-of-state hurricane relief volunteers, Pass Christian, Shaggy's Cafe in Pass Christian, Shaggy's cafe on the beach, yellow-fin tuna on June 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday and today, I had the pleasure of hanging around with Master Naturalist Buddy John and Emily, the Tree-Climbing Wonder Dog, out at John’s home north of Pass Christian, Mississippi, on Bayou Arcadia, north of The Bay of St. Louis.
You got a bit of a look at John’s place in my recent post, “Week #13 [...]
2008 – WEEK #16 – MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BLUE BIRD UPDATE
Posted in Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Killdeer babies, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Blue Birds flew the nest, Building Blue Bird nesting boxes, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Killdeer babies on June 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Ok, Blue Bird fans, it’s Week #16 update time for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Program in the city of Long Beach, on the 45-acre campus of the South Mississippi Regional Center!
So, here is what ‘Master Naturalist’ buddy John and I found today, June 20, 2008, walking around campus during a Friday afternoon, taking [...]
BLOND GIRL’S SURPRISE TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!
Posted in 21st birthday, Twenty-first birthday party, apron, birthday party, birthday present, blond, blond girl, congratulations, dorm, engagement ring, hugs, parents, surprise engagement ring, university campus, wrapping paper, tagged 21st birthday, apron, blond, blond girl, congratulations, dorm, engagement ring, hugs, large rock, parents, Supper Club, surprise engagement ring, Twenty-first birthday party, university campus, wrapping paper on June 17, 2008 | 12 Comments »
In my recent post “JUKE BOX MAGIC – THE FIRST TIME I REALLY ‘SAW’ THE GIRL I WAS GOING TO MARRY” I wrote about ‘Blond Girl’ and explained how I came to go on my first ‘date’ with her, to a movie.
Fast forward to May 11, 1967.
It was Blond Girl’s twenty-first Birthday.
She had transferred to [...]
2008 – WEEK #15 – MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BLUE BIRD UPDATE, HOW WE BUILT OUR BLUE BIRD TRAIL
Posted in Blue Bird babies, Blue Birds, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, Uncategorized, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird nesting box materials, Blue Birds, Building Blue Bird nesting boxes, Establishing a Blue Bird Nesting Box Trail, Master Natutalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on June 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ok, Blue Bird fans, it’s Week #15 update time for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Program in the city of Long Beach, on the 45-acre campus of the South Mississippi Regional Center!
So, here is what ‘Master Naturalist’ buddy John and I found today, June 12, 2008, walking around campus during (this week) on a [...]
ANOTHER YEAR GONE – BIRTHDAY TIME!
Posted in Birthday time, stressed back, tagged Birthday time, stressed back on June 9, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Well, another birthday is just about in the books, hot, humid and all.
When I woke up this morning, and felt the pain in my right, lower back was still there from this past weekend, I seriously contemplated calling in to my supervisor and taking a sick day. But I told myself that once I got [...]






