NoJ

Today the air is heavily perfumed with the fragrance of blooming trees and shrubs.

Today I started drinking beet root juice. Red pee and a headache were the results.

The Chipper Dipper puts the little furry guys down.

Or take a 5 gallon bucket, fill it half way with water, sprinkle sunflower seeds into the water (they float) and lean a board on the lip of the bucket with the other end on the ground. First time I tried this, I got 6 of the critters. I call it the Chipper-Dipper.

Oh, its true all right. Raccoons galore.

a rat trap baited with peanut butter will clean up that chipmunk problem with a quickness

Less garden/tulip eatin' critters is always a good thing

I'm in the sw burbs of Chicago but I live in an older, unincorporated area which I think helps with the wildlife. I had a coyote eat a rabbit in my backyard last nite. Didn't see it but I heard it happen.

We are now two episodes in on the 4th season of Breaking Bad. Crazy good stuff.

Today I noticed that the Caspian Tern has returned to my pond. Based on what I saw last year, it will hang around for a week and then beat it on down the road.

"Trace" Son Volt

"Tempest" Bob Dylan

"Appalachian Stomp-Bluegrass Classics" Rhino complilation

It sure is!

Today I spent some time watching a Northern Flicker probe the ground in my backyard, looking for food. Good looking bird too, very unusual looking.

"Full House" is a ripping album. RIP J Geils!

I was hunkered down by the shoreline, fishing, when I looked up to see a raccoon sleeping in the crotch of a tree about 10' above my head. Then I starting looking around to see 'coons sleeping in trees all over the place. Never saw anything like that before or since.

Yeah but the spin doctors were light years ahead in the beard department

Back in the early 2000s, those woods were INFESTED with raccoons. I mean, they were everywhere.

Back when it was still part of Rosehill cemetery, I used to sneak in to that wooded section (now the West Ridge Nature Preserve) and go carp fishing. The fishing was awesome! Very isolated spot too, I had concerns that I might stumble across a body. Saw coyotes in there.

I'm embarrassed to say this but...............Whitesnake.

Millennium Park, 7/20 6:30pm

I'll be there, just look for the rockin' Dad. The one with the gray hair. Don't be shy, say hi.

just heard thru Dan Rather that the airfield is still operational

Yeah, that's a bummer Stewie.

My buddy accused me last night of only being able to look at one side whereas he has the ability to see both sides because he watches Fox AND CNN. I reminded him again that I don't have cable or satellite and get my news via AP, Reuters, Chgo Tribune, BBC and the WSJ. He thinks there is this massive conspiracy that has poised most of the American media against 45. I said, well yeah, with good reason too.  That didn't go over well.

The Aztek. It's the Pacer of the new millennium.

Sadly, google has blocked me. Something about my search history scaring their tech nerds, blah blah blah. But, thanks Lammy!

Today, we were wondering what sort of car Walt drove in the first couple seasons of Breaking Bad. We just finished season 3, wow wow wow.