My dog Rascal and I went to the Adirondacks to go kayaking and camping. Because we could sleep cozily in my car, I had no need to bring a tent. Other than some food and clothing, I packed along my camera and handgun. It wasn’t until my last night of camping when I met a [...]
If my memory is serving me correctly, I think it was on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 when Rascal and I went kayaking at the Fording Place in Stone Ridge. That’s when and where these shots were taken. The water was unusually warm and the weather was great. I’m looking forward to exploring again! Being at [...]
The coat of hair on a coyote is dark in the summer and light during the winter. I came across clumps of a coyote’s fur under a pine tree on the 5th of June in 2008 not far from my yard. It’s exactly the same color of the one I saw at 4:15 pm two [...]
It’s now March and this morning I was remembering when my husband and I attended a Christmas party he was invited to last year and told to bring his wife. The ones who hosted it are local to the area. Being country people, they are typically more of the down-to-earth and laid-back type of crowd. [...]
At our house, it kind of looks like this. ↓ What could be more entertaining than two rednecks socializing on Saturday nights?
Yes, this David Schoonmaker is the one I’m married to. There are others, such as the one who is the acting editor of American Scientist magazine and another who is the author of building birdhouses, bird feeders, whirligigs, and weather vanes. My husband happens to be a carpenter, but he is not your ordinary builder. [...]
It took me years before listening to my gut feelings about boating, but better late than never! I finally purchased my first kayak. Sports and Marine Parafunalia sold the Sound Perception Kayak for $330. Gander Mountain happened to have a couple of Sound 9.4 Camo models by the brand Perception for $74 off its regular [...]
I only have four pictures of myself on a horse before the time I finally had my own horse at age fourteen. Unfortunately the photos are very poor quality. Getting to borrow horses which belong to others is an exceptional treat, especially when you’re able to keep them for a summer and on up to [...]
It figures… just when I’m finally making some progress to regaining sleep after enduring eleven days and nights of insomnia, my adrenaline comes back to reverse the progress! The combination of post-menopause and Aspie hypersensitivity doesn’t mix well with a little bit of excitement right after drifting off to sleep. Thank God it’s not too [...]
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