tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136975672024-03-07T21:36:03.724-05:00The Honest HypocriteIn which the author ponders the question, "If you admit that you are a hypocrite, are you really a hypocrite?" He then provides his honest commentary on a number of fascinating topics. He insists, however, that his readers form their own opinions.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.comBlogger1616125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-78354475479944253412022-02-24T11:44:00.001-05:002022-02-24T11:44:34.947-05:00“Giant” Frosted Flakes<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCUQVfwj6JPT1Qrtyyu8LGLW7WKqxBVHz3o3sXe9HwS0PnxBPey7LhqB-72LEeUTvMpHBkkxTSI1YmCDbOuyt-ZkFhDZqN-vqAVlYLAcd7NP9_d91DA2jSaf6dDxmIpZyUbSm2yDFXnImkgKtPiDLF5diurRnn13_-rEjgYTLjL8_cR9qjeEs"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCUQVfwj6JPT1Qrtyyu8LGLW7WKqxBVHz3o3sXe9HwS0PnxBPey7LhqB-72LEeUTvMpHBkkxTSI1YmCDbOuyt-ZkFhDZqN-vqAVlYLAcd7NP9_d91DA2jSaf6dDxmIpZyUbSm2yDFXnImkgKtPiDLF5diurRnn13_-rEjgYTLjL8_cR9qjeEs=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7068318199961793250" /></a></p>I hit the jackpot today with these giant Frosted Flakes (penny, not eaten, for comparison).Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-20221740094327193762022-02-24T11:40:00.000-05:002022-02-24T11:40:46.311-05:00Snowdrops signal Spring is coming<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9LmeZ58SMyVWQzGSjEcvbw7a8jNeYvEt5vC58woXvM3Haq0cocpMpoEZm08442T--_EBTIRf5cdU9k5c4hXDAaxBM-A9J1abK6h9AMwa9g8DmmH3w2GlogW2Nkb7Bk-T0nvtxxzQRPpaylB5oziLv33XOTAnPCIx7axLZwPRImZxrhewkztU"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9LmeZ58SMyVWQzGSjEcvbw7a8jNeYvEt5vC58woXvM3Haq0cocpMpoEZm08442T--_EBTIRf5cdU9k5c4hXDAaxBM-A9J1abK6h9AMwa9g8DmmH3w2GlogW2Nkb7Bk-T0nvtxxzQRPpaylB5oziLv33XOTAnPCIx7axLZwPRImZxrhewkztU=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7068316974403476850" /></a></p>Snowdrops signal Spring is comingRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-76245172635688600322021-06-16T13:44:00.004-04:002021-06-16T13:44:56.169-04:00Novels written in a future State of Delmarva<p> These novels are written in a future State of DelMarva. "Fired" and "Halloween House" by Ed Okonowicz are mostly interesting in the creation of the new state of Delawarva, even though that is a bit contrived. The murder mysteries are forgettable, as I do not recall them now. I might just have to read these again.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhLW9Jb1npHEEP96rW1kI3X669dWxNjUZEMO6egXr2Ss5OCTtA6W9JUwsEe6d3V5oYUAO6buwqvCEiUHX2wUroLAe2K7Zfac259QpleC_wNOj8n1lATedl8Fdfd5smICAGwojwg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhLW9Jb1npHEEP96rW1kI3X669dWxNjUZEMO6egXr2Ss5OCTtA6W9JUwsEe6d3V5oYUAO6buwqvCEiUHX2wUroLAe2K7Zfac259QpleC_wNOj8n1lATedl8Fdfd5smICAGwojwg/w400-h300/IMG_7782.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3NjYmgXcdsze3PPsqvReEn03VGLYMRSyVZ2LXQI1_iaANWNhtCdUvDFKSoORF6JIFA8fbYV9xr6vuxzauHENMb0fB6GmWrR62vg4OQrKJuAvDPhfCdXFxDmzECmxxiIQT2NuAw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3NjYmgXcdsze3PPsqvReEn03VGLYMRSyVZ2LXQI1_iaANWNhtCdUvDFKSoORF6JIFA8fbYV9xr6vuxzauHENMb0fB6GmWrR62vg4OQrKJuAvDPhfCdXFxDmzECmxxiIQT2NuAw/w400-h300/IMG_7783.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-47268042031865373842018-12-22T14:28:00.003-05:002018-12-22T14:28:53.364-05:00Nightflyer on SYFY isn't very good<br />
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Who wouldn't want a chance to create a series based on short stories by George R.R. Martin given the overwhelming success of Game of Thrones on HBO? However so many things have to go right to duplicate success and these things did not happen with Nightflyers.<br />
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This horror and sci-fi mash-up is jammed with every sci-fi trope you can think of. <br />
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Dying earth<br />
Colony ship<br />
Mysterious enigmatic aloof aliens<br />
Messed up lead scientist<br />
Messed up team of scientists<br />
Evil (?) telepath.<br />
Secret telepath.<br />
Outlawed telepathy.<br />
Crazy computer/haunted ship<br />
Lost ship with crazy people<br />
Not one but two cults<br />
Jacking in to the computer<br />
Holograms<br />
Genetically engineered humans<br />
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It is a predictable at times and then chaotic. As I watched I felt little sympathy for the characters because they didn;' seem to do things in any sort of a logical manner letting their pathologies and obsessions drive them to do ridiculous things. The pacing is slow, perhaps to give it gravitas, but I long for a 1.5X button like in my podcasts to just speed it along a little. Spending this much time to hate watch it implies I do like it, but I just want to find out what happens. Will it have any type of acceptable finale?<br />
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I am only to episode six and I have counted three separate virtual reality simulation technologies. <br />
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The first is the memory room with lasers shooting holograms into the eyes of its users. Users only seem to want to relive the worst memories of their lives. In the future people will only watch the pictures of their deceased relatives in the saddest situations over and over again, just like every other dystopia.<br />
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The second is more virtual: the computer interface that Lommie the computer technician uses when she jacks in to the computer. There she finds the mansion and grounds created by the dead mother who inhabits the computer system. Later she makes her own virtual reality.<br />
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Finally, the telepath can project scenarios into peoples minds that feel as real as reality. He gets a whole team basically addicted to these lives, which inevitably turn dark as people need a more and more powerful fix.<br />
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I should add as an honorable mention that the holographic projection system all over the ship can show lifelike images. At first we, and even the characters, who surely should have read the orientation documents, don't know whether these images are hallucinations or ghosts. When they are revealed to be merely holograms we wonder why the crew doesn't seem to realize that.<br />
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Given all of this why should we believe anything we see on screen, why would the characters who know about all of this technology? Is there such a thing as unwilling suspension of disbelief?<br />
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<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-45009591245748704852017-08-01T10:15:00.001-04:002017-08-01T10:15:38.912-04:00Doesn't this Beatle Beat all?<p dir="auto">BEATALL license plate on a VW beatle. Appropriate.<br><br>Also, Virginia is the land of personalized license plates<br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdnb59CrUDsQCXokydKtM9Su9XtLq6TmcxPecKuUKPg_VeDrzu9JDoSOJ2Sdz9yu1R0Or0ihUNSEMvhe_BXDeEjaUES_mBl_4-V5zjtxbDBbUAHXchrZLns6Np8K4iNIzR1qLLg/s9999/IMG_0359.jpg" width="4032" style="max-width: 100%;"></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-75978426131389425572017-08-01T10:09:00.001-04:002017-08-01T10:09:44.531-04:00The Fairy Really Ring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0E-xFrm1ZJXLVC3dCvnuo1Ib0gcQbjQoXTJW-flz3t1WAcNvisMmGNLylCVnJwexMfZMk2I6o1QCZX8ZRUcgEURtQ8eMZW0-EHVj1NgefcmWAkC6TdgznIc7afzVnf_NlY5oCg/s9999/IMG_0434.jpg" width="4032" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p dir="auto">I did not step into the fairy ring nor eat the fairy food offered lest i become trapped.<br><br>A close up of the fairy ring mushrooms.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7BI4rRdTUAjMTzmEcVrMu1uZR8iL8Hf9o9fockrd7iTqO2aH0VxwXt-1_7H_SDlhGubOeK3N65BEE5dIrqGV37w7XQTtnrRyMsVTp14ZZiFnGpj7JpWOf1ErNM3RzKJN_qopgA/s9999/IMG_0437.jpg" width="4032" style="max-width: 100%;"></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-79270104099728382292017-04-15T16:22:00.000-04:002017-04-15T16:22:00.497-04:00Fiery Tulip!<div class="mobile-photo">
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Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-44337586781660765282016-09-21T16:22:00.001-04:002016-09-21T16:22:19.316-04:00Fawns on the lawn<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-Ksw6DLF5h4iIZLNGVRv6EbfV_LnDLehH_PzrqYt6irS7lplpFKViX6cHW1VVPJ9KgUaDWHSE3CmlgYd7u6NTDxGMMzlmV4uG2CdInucJXbWkoIxFW6t_EAISIOczl_NrcfOiw/s640/blogger-image-1915674376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-Ksw6DLF5h4iIZLNGVRv6EbfV_LnDLehH_PzrqYt6irS7lplpFKViX6cHW1VVPJ9KgUaDWHSE3CmlgYd7u6NTDxGMMzlmV4uG2CdInucJXbWkoIxFW6t_EAISIOczl_NrcfOiw/s640/blogger-image-1915674376.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Seen on a walk today through the site. These deer have a good life with no predators or fear of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-53878919773787868712016-09-18T12:24:00.001-04:002016-09-18T12:24:48.998-04:00Sunday Favorites<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Hear this, you who trample upon the needy</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">and destroy the poor of the land!</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">“When will the new moon be over,” you ask,</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">“that we may sell our grain,</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat?</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">We will diminish the ephah,</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">add to the shekel,</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">and fix our scales for cheating!</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">We will buy the lowly for silver,</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">and the poor for a pair of sandals;</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!”</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Never will I forget a thing they have done!</span></span><br />
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The <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/murdered-nuns-mississippi-prosecutor-considers-death-penalty-opposition-sisters-margaret-held-paula-merrill/" target="_blank">prosecutor is debating whether to suggest the death penalty for Rodney Sanders, who has been charged with the crime</a>. But it says in the article ...<br />
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It is also likely that the sisters opposed the death penalty themselves. So I think that the answer is simple, no death penalty. Don't read the comments in online newspapers (why do I do that?) because it is a long list of people who don't get it saying that he should be executed. If I am ever murdered I am going on record right now to say I do not want the prosecutor to seek the death penalty. <br />
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At the end of the <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/murdered-nuns-mississippi-prosecutor-considers-death-penalty-opposition-sisters-margaret-held-paula-merrill/" target="_blank">article</a> is the list of incarcerations for Rodney Earl Sanders, the murderer.<br />
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This guy has been in and out of prison since 1986. I myself am always conflicted between punishment and rehabilitation. If you think the person is going to leave prison some day how do you make it so they don't return? By helping them with the problem that cause them to go to prison or by making prison so horrible so they never want to go back there again?<br />
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In his case repeated incarceration didn't stop the subsequent crimes. Here is the list in chronological order since it is a bit jumbled in the article.<br />
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<li>1986 in Mississippi, served 6 years for armed robbery (1986 to 1993?)</li>
<li>1996 in Iowa, April to October for 3rd offense drunk driving</li>
<li>1999-2002 in Iowa, theft</li>
<li>2004-2011 in Iowa, 2nd degree robbery</li>
<li>2015 currently on probation after prison term for felony drunk driving conviction (doesn't say how long in prison)</li>
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What is wrong with this person? Why didn't he or we fix the alcoholism, fix the stealing, fix the violence before he murders two people. Fix the circumstances that produced him.<br />
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I know we want to hold people accountable for their actions, but at some point you have to ask "Given this pattern of behavior, what can we do to protect the public and help this person who has demonstrated they do not have control of themselves to live in society?"<br />
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Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-52410775529112867912016-08-17T16:04:00.001-04:002016-08-17T16:04:23.786-04:00Honest Hypocrite as Stranger ThingsI hear good things about Stranger Things, but would need a Netflix subscription to confirm.<br />
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<li>103 million of them are children, noncitizens or ineligible felons, and they do not have the right to vote.</li>
<li>88 million eligible adults do not vote at all, even in general elections.</li>
<li>An additional 73 million did not vote in the primaries this year, but will most likely vote in the general election.</li>
<li>The remaining 60 million people voted in the primaries: about 30 million each for Republicans and Democrats.</li>
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The candidates have to woo those who voted, even from other candidates, those who didn't but might, and maybe energize those that have never voted. <br />
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<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-47118571609668905532016-07-28T09:49:00.001-04:002016-07-28T09:49:29.694-04:00Pokemon GO Panic in Rocky Mount, NC<br />
<a href="http://www.wral.com/rocky-mount-officials-request-removal-of-city-owned-addresses-from-pokemon-go/15882493/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocky Mount, NC officials want all of the regions Pokemon Go stops and Gyms removed from the app</a>. Seems a little overkill and killjoy to me. Don't you want people walking around your town? Did you ask the Pokemon player who you represent? By their own admission there seems to be no incidents provoking this step<br />
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I think overreaction is the next reaction.<br />
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<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-64057146127617220132016-07-25T12:12:00.002-04:002016-07-25T12:12:30.604-04:00Pokemon GO useful linksI need not explain the allure and power of the new Pokemon GO game to you all, if you aren't already playing, just google the new stories surrounding it.<br />
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My family and I are enjoying playing it. It gets people out and walking to play the game and it is face to face social, since those wanderers you encounter are playing as well and you can help each other play by pointing out the Pokestops and Gyms and telling where you found your pokemon and finding out where they found theirs.<br />
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I am compiling some useful links in this post for my reference and yours.<br />
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Firstly, are the servers working:<br />
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<a href="http://ispokemongodownornot.com/" target="_blank">Is Pokemon Go up or not, for the different regions.</a><br />
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More to come here later.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/pressure" target="_blank">comic</a> finally came out.<br />
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<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-88504843949189727232016-07-03T16:17:00.001-04:002016-07-03T16:17:40.323-04:00"Darth Vader" lightsaber tongs<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Come on, Disney. Your Darth Vader lightsaber tongs, which I did not get, have picture of Kylo Ren on them.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xWsOOTbfVjmn_o44IyPbKRb-fGJqMiQ8XRr8ZWnQ7zw-KAUE49aHosgU9Zy1M1FVEaci3gVeKsmvOvjI4XH2CVV6FNkKwa3zDWotppHCMhMP6QDDKFc1oF4wyyfdYepSyGzhMQ/s640/blogger-image--207749211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xWsOOTbfVjmn_o44IyPbKRb-fGJqMiQ8XRr8ZWnQ7zw-KAUE49aHosgU9Zy1M1FVEaci3gVeKsmvOvjI4XH2CVV6FNkKwa3zDWotppHCMhMP6QDDKFc1oF4wyyfdYepSyGzhMQ/s640/blogger-image--207749211.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkiLua_Wl3MKouUFJHaj_2Xmt5H5rpyX8gZKAzWAkF7WePnjrwxaA4EFmvXV4Ih2YmyV9UDfmnsnnr2lCoiT74CBm08Nx0pqjgUrm_EemhEi0Iv19C_8DUiknrupD4HIxlWTMHg/s640/blogger-image-2068783081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkiLua_Wl3MKouUFJHaj_2Xmt5H5rpyX8gZKAzWAkF7WePnjrwxaA4EFmvXV4Ih2YmyV9UDfmnsnnr2lCoiT74CBm08Nx0pqjgUrm_EemhEi0Iv19C_8DUiknrupD4HIxlWTMHg/s640/blogger-image-2068783081.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Perhaps Kylo Ren is the face (mask?) of the franchise now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-38089619115917936952016-06-04T11:39:00.004-04:002016-06-04T11:39:57.227-04:00Picture of the Elusive Blue Heron on Shellpot CreekFinally captured in focus pictures of the blue heron that <a href="http://honesthypocrite.blogspot.com/2009/06/blue-heron-on-shellpot-creek-video.html" target="_blank">sometimes flies</a> up the creek to us. This bird is so <a href="http://honesthypocrite.blogspot.com/2009/05/still-difficult-to-photograph-blue.html" target="_blank">sensitive that any movement inside the house</a> causes it to fly off. The white herons are much less easily scared off. Other <a href="http://honesthypocrite.blogspot.com/2008/04/great-blue-heron-on-shellpot-creek.html" target="_blank">sightings</a> were just as <a href="http://honesthypocrite.blogspot.com/2011/04/blue-heron-on-shellpot-creek.html" target="_blank">difficult</a>.<br />
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The blue heron was still hiding behind a rock but you can see hits head and upper coloring pretty well. This bird is likely a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_blue_heron" target="_blank">Great Blue Heron</a>. The <a href="http://honesthypocrite.blogspot.com/2008/06/great-egret-on-shellpot-creek.html" target="_blank">white herons that we see</a> from <a href="http://honesthypocrite.blogspot.com/2007/04/great-egret-white-heron-on-shellpot.html" target="_blank">time</a> to <a href="http://honesthypocrite.blogspot.com/2011/06/video-of-white-heron-flying-around.html" target="_blank">time</a> are likely actually <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret" target="_blank">Great Egrets</a>. <br />
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<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-70773877182931706582016-05-30T14:32:00.001-04:002016-05-30T14:32:54.254-04:00Debris in Shellpot CreekInteresting assorted debris washed up in Shellpot Creek by last night's storm. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwSxtGQ4coYJXY2dVmHqzlACXtfWObr4Cwa5FJTsnU9cX8_w48-oKnOcI-2koUrU6SAjZ5MVrpwaXqEqBAdxQ9dZ9UMkB4wVHR0hCL5CGFfjUoDFChSaNCAlVqm_SZyq-zxSODQ/s640/blogger-image--428439840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwSxtGQ4coYJXY2dVmHqzlACXtfWObr4Cwa5FJTsnU9cX8_w48-oKnOcI-2koUrU6SAjZ5MVrpwaXqEqBAdxQ9dZ9UMkB4wVHR0hCL5CGFfjUoDFChSaNCAlVqm_SZyq-zxSODQ/s640/blogger-image--428439840.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">People upstream of me have drinking problems, broken Christmas decorations and their recyclables in the floodplain apparently.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I should also mention we got yet another beachball and other assorted floating toys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-70989480723258129892016-05-30T10:02:00.001-04:002016-05-30T10:02:49.334-04:00Late Spring FlowersPeonies smell delicious.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzqyfUV7Uvmm40pSHFdTxPZlibbWGnRs3EO1osTmpRCGiA7zOpNpLX3EyGzjM14BF4JjLZ8Zrq3Yv8bbfgY9HpRgmF30Hc6V5bQ184mFHVrWKMXlUOPG-x_ZDgL-shUWofS7BIQ/s640/blogger-image-266835634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzqyfUV7Uvmm40pSHFdTxPZlibbWGnRs3EO1osTmpRCGiA7zOpNpLX3EyGzjM14BF4JjLZ8Zrq3Yv8bbfgY9HpRgmF30Hc6V5bQ184mFHVrWKMXlUOPG-x_ZDgL-shUWofS7BIQ/s640/blogger-image-266835634.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Giant clematis blooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5LoT1b4eHh6_oTGDcuTTvrk-oKIO_KiLjwV6UFpkvTTRZ_6zwDfyFFrQ-IQEm-a3WN-GC2whN2Wm9Zutv1yOSTN3JrICSs05mnMe2ODLIR_96zJWJDuTfk0QPVNDV4Il_DrIZA/s640/blogger-image--1668747132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5LoT1b4eHh6_oTGDcuTTvrk-oKIO_KiLjwV6UFpkvTTRZ_6zwDfyFFrQ-IQEm-a3WN-GC2whN2Wm9Zutv1yOSTN3JrICSs05mnMe2ODLIR_96zJWJDuTfk0QPVNDV4Il_DrIZA/s640/blogger-image--1668747132.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tiny irises and large ones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXXtrhMCg8Utf8i1AaTQXyqGQJC_Y-GKeLuV0iYOYcjrhI4gr_rmACj4VsinjGxsp8cAiSPxjrAents8pUUy_ZQVnWoExQDSnpQltTV8kpYtk1fr9e96FmWbP3P1lNE14sTLNQA/s640/blogger-image--616342500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZH0SyWMGC0XKBlKEJGyAkNjxLWTyTqsETNe89YfF4zQyEAJ2ntUlDgXDHyW2FcHbFfRitDI4df9uaVUb4vaicUoeuimb_YJj9ocBkgrGKbBBqa-Ft2yDa7z2HbHNQncg5mjkIg/s640/blogger-image--1937290758.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Screaming yellow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB2F48UhmDkQNyZiSXK-BUIgKzY6UMd5iSVARNPH5Fw94LB7jOLtr1fT54jvGsf10wZtPuJeCTDDSQzO3RZGV49u4fvFmmWXH8663dYbxdbkbHCfBBIzQYwLo1mtuqAGZ2yXAiQ/s640/blogger-image--435152464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKB2F48UhmDkQNyZiSXK-BUIgKzY6UMd5iSVARNPH5Fw94LB7jOLtr1fT54jvGsf10wZtPuJeCTDDSQzO3RZGV49u4fvFmmWXH8663dYbxdbkbHCfBBIzQYwLo1mtuqAGZ2yXAiQ/s640/blogger-image--435152464.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is one of the best times of year for our flower garden. Many different plants are blooming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com0