Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It is a distinct privilege to have provided this guest post for my friend Ree – The Hotfessional, during her well-earned travel absence from the U.S. during December 2009. Have a safe and great trip, Ree!
***From the Coast Rat.***
The World is a small place, indeed.
In October of 2000, Blond Girl and I hit the road [...]
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Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Long Beach Mississippi, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Wild Flowers, Mississippi Wild Flowers, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, Spring Flowers, enjoying the outdoors, tree climbing dog, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Long Beach Mississippi Blue Birds, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hello again, fellow Blue Bird enthusiasts, and welcome to the April 17, 2009, Week #7, of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird trail Survey, on the campus of the South Mississippi Regional Center, in Long beach.
It was good this week to be able to conduct the Blue Bird Trail Survey with Master Naturalist Buddy John [...]
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Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, tree climbing dog, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Long Beach Mississippi Blue Birds, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Friday, April 10, 2009 Blue Bird Trail Survey results shows additional new Blue Bird activity, as after reporting a total of 22 Blue Bird babies in the Trail nesting boxes last week, we now have 26 hungry little Blue Bird babies and 7 Blue Bird eggs, including 2 new eggs, in the Trail nesting [...]
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Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Long Beach Mississippi, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, flood waters, tagged Blue Bird babies, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Long Beach Mississippi Blue Birds, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on April 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Hello again, Blue Bird fans, and welcome to Week #5 Survey results of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, on the campus of the South Mississippi Regional Center in Long Beach.
The Blue Bird Trail was not nearly as WET this week Friday, as it was last Saturday morning, as the following image from then [...]
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Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Long Beach Mississippi, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, flood waters, tree climbing dog, tagged Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, heavy Gulf Coast rains equal flooding on the Blue Bird Trail, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, SMRC Blue Bird Trail on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Note: The last couple of days heavy rains here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast have changed the look of the north side of the Blue Bird Trail. The following images are from Saturday morning, after two days of heavy rains. The survey was taken Friday morning, when there was only about 6″-12″ of flood water [...]
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Posted in Blue Bird Trail, Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Birds, Emily the Tree Climbing Wonder Dog, Long Beach Mississippi, Master Naturalist Buddy John, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Wild Flowers, Mississippi Wild Flowers, SMRC Blue Bird Trail, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail, Spring Flowers, Uncategorized, tagged Blue Bird eggs, Blue Bird nesting, Blue Bird nesting boxes, Blue Bird Trail, Blue Birds, Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail, Gulf Coast Blue Birds, Halie the cat, Mississippi Blue birds, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, South Mississippi Regional Center Blue Bird Trail on March 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It’s time to do Week #3 of the 2009 Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Bird Trail Survey in Long Beach, but, something is wrong.
Normally, the Blue Bird Trail Survey crew includes Master Naturalist Buddy John, Emily, the Tree-Climbing Wonder Dog, and myself.
Today, though, the survey crew included……… me.
Master Naturalist Buddy John.
Master Naturalist Buddy John was [...]
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Late last Sunday afternoon, as I was here tidying up my travel trailer just a bit, I suddenly had the urge to sneeze.
And then it hit: AAAAAAAAACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
And it was a powerful sneeze!
Most of the time, when I sneeze, nothing much else happens.
That sneeze, though, was the opening salvo of five rotten days of of runny [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2009 | 13 Comments »
As I was driving home this evening, along the coast highway from Biloxi, over to my travel trailer in Long Beach, I was listening to a CD by Faith Hill, one of my favorite recording artists.
The winds had quieted down, and the lights reflected off the gulf waters at the port complex in Gulfport, made [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I hardly ever do this, but I’m going to post this meme that I stole from Ree at The Hotfessional, who stole it from Jesse at DaysGoBy.
Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to – leave in plain font
1. Started your own blog. Yep.
2. Slept under [...]
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I very much appreciate the opportunity to be a “pinch-hit” host for my friend, Sometimes Serendipitous Girl, one of my very favorite bloggers. This true story was written to also appear on her blog during the time she will be on her upcoming trip to France.
Have a great trip, SSG!
LISTEN, AND I WILL LEAD YOU…
By [...]
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