Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my baby sister Patti, seven years my junior. That makes her....

Monday, November 16, 2009

Annual Winter Weather Reports

I just can't help myself...









It was -16 at my house this morning,
-20 at my brother's house next to the
Little Susitna River.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Starlings

Memories of the 101st Airborne

In 1973 I was a Medic in the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Ft Campbell, Kentucky. Out by the airfield on the post were fields that looked just like the ones in this video. The fields were populated with flocks of Starlings that as I recall numbered in the millions. At the time there was an on going war to eradicate them because obviously they were a hazard to aircraft operations. I ran across this video that brought back the memories. This flock is estimated to be 300,000. The flocks that I remember were twice or three times the size. If you were standing on the edge of the field when the took off the blocked out the sun.

Click on the picture to see the video.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Just because I like it...

Bumper sticker...

'To err is human. To forgive is divine.
Neither is official USMC policy. Semper Fi.'