Take a little trip

Take a little trip not with me, but with former boss and master of scatalogical discourse David Churbuck as he blogs his business trip to China. I went to China a bazillion years ago, late 80s; it was one of the major destinations I wanted to get to in my lifetime and I did it. [...]

Listen up, birdie people

This is a great site — The Language of Birds.
Like:

why birdies sing at dawn and not so much at dusk (It is a cold time of day and the prey of the insect feeder is not yet active.)
do birdies listen to each other? (a whip-poor-will, on a slowed-down recording, sings 5 notes, not 3; a [...]

A Fishing Thought

Annual tradition with Husbando's family: First Day of Fishing in Connecticut. So you know where we're going today. I will post pictures of the event later, as I'm sure the world needs to know.  But first, a fishing thought:
When fishing for really big fish:

people wear t-shirts, shorts, maybe deck shoes. They're after say a 50-100+ [...]

Cymbidiums — in bloom

Okay, make that cymbidium in bloom. Only one of the ingrates bothered this year. And after all I do for them — move to a drafty, unheated farmhouse for them, give them a glorious summer outdoor vacation in the Grotto di Orchidae, leave them til just before frost, then trundle all nine pots back upstairs [...]