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Just Too Cute
Posted in Around the house on 13-Apr-2012
Can’t resist this photo… Mom and offspring at a nearby Snoqualmie farm. Click photo for a large version.
- Not quite octomom, but Snoqualmie ewe comes close (SeattleTimes.com)
Spring Golf, Good Start
Posted in Golf on 12-Apr-2012
Mount Si from the 14th green
After lots of practice last week, I got in two rounds on Monday and Tuesday this week shooting satisfying scores of 83 and 86 at Mt. Si. As I was sipping my morning coffee today the sky cleared and I decided to sneak in an unscheduled round. It was a truly scrumptious morning. I passed one threesome on the third hole and had the course to myself the rest of the way. After yesterday’s steady rain, the grass was an intense green and Mt. Si almost glowed in the early sunshine. I saw one eagle, a woodpecker and numerous ducks and geese. Over the back nine I fired up an all-Bach internet radio station on my cell phone and added some glorious music to the already bucolic setting. And I shot another 83!
45 years ago today
Posted in Personal on 8-Apr-2012
Second place in shot put, Toledo v. Cincinnati; not bad for a 5′ 8″, 180-lb sophomore (click image to enlarge).
Sun? Eventually
Posted in Weather on 2-Apr-2012
There’s hope for some peaks of sunshine late in the week. We need it. The ground is just mush after I don’t know how many consecutive days of rain.
The Passing of “Caballo Blanco”
El Caballo Blanco
I might not even have noticed today’s news about the death of Micah True, the legendary ultra marathoner known as “Caballo Blanco, had I not just a couple of months ago listened to the book “Born to Run.” Caballo was clearly a one-of-a-kind character and somewhat of a godfather to the ultra running community. In what little I’ve read about him he seems like a soul that found his way early on in the simple act of running. I can totally understand it.
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Elk, Golf, Rain
Posted in Around the house, Golf on 1-Apr-2012
I was up early for an April 1st scramble tournament at Mt. Si. On my way in I passed two large herd of elk just across the street from the course. It’s such a treat to see these lovely big critters up close, just enjoying the morning. I had an OK golf outing in spite of the brisk and occasionally drizzly weather. My team did well enough ending up in a tie for fourth place overall, and third place for the front nine. I won a whopping $6.38 and a free lunch.
It Looks Like Another Mostly Wet Week
Posted in Weather on 26-Mar-2012
I’m glad we did some yard cleanup this Saturday and Sunday because the coming week looks pretty grim. I’m playing in a scramble tournament on Sunday so I hope we get a break from the drizzle by then.
Spring in North Bend
Posted in Weather on 22-Mar-2012
It’s a typical spring day, I guess. We woke up to a 2-3 inch blanket of fresh snow.
The good news is the sun came out and by 1:30 I was on the golf course for a couple of hours of practice.
First Day of Spring
Posted in Around the house, Weather on 20-Mar-2012
First Day Cover from the 1947 International Philatelic Exhibition in NY
After a little tease of nice weather yesterday, the first day of spring brought more rain, sometimes heavy and sometimes mixed with a few snowflakes. In fact, it’s snowing again as I jot this post.
I’m still wading through my stamp collection, now cataloging the first day covers. I stopped collecting them over ten years ago but I still have over 500 of them. That’s part of the delight in the cataloging project, I guess: really finding out what I have.
I’m getting antsy, though. My thumb has healed enough that I’m going to hit some golf balls this weekend if the forecast for sunny weather holds. I chipped a few in the back yard yesterday and it felt OK.
The Atlantic has a wonderful selection of spring photos.
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More of the Same…
Posted in Weather on 17-Mar-2012
… dreary weather. As usual we are right on the edge of the snow line. We’ve had light flurries here all morning while just three miles down the hill in North Bend it’s a light rain. It looks like more of the same for the next week at least so I’m still hunkered down with my stamps and occasional breaks to watch NCAA basketball.
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