2014 Vacation Report (Vol 1) – A cruise around Coronado

We recently returned from a vacation stay at Coronado, California (with an extended stopover at Las Vegas, but that’s another story for another time). This was our fourth visit to Coronado, and we seem to be getting better with practice. We stayed at the 1906 Lodge, a 17-room bed-and-breakfast named not for its address (which… Continue reading 2014 Vacation Report (Vol 1) – A cruise around Coronado

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Preaching to the birds

Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell–and great was its fall. Matthew 7:26-27 (NASB) I suspect that… Continue reading Preaching to the birds

Rites (and blights) of spring

Spring has sprung (despite the temps in the 30s yesterday morning), as evidenced by the return of hummingbirds and barn swallows. The latter will apparently try to take up residence in the same nest they built on our front porch last year, provided they can run off the wren squatters – which, up until the… Continue reading Rites (and blights) of spring

Ode to a Bulb

I subscribe to a small number of retail email lists that notify me of “special deals” on items that are of general interest to me…primarily electronics and some sporting goods. I rarely end up ordering anything via those e-flyers, but the one exception is Best Buy’s “Deal of the Day” email. I’ve gotten some really… Continue reading Ode to a Bulb

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We interrupt this hiatus for some important scavenger footage

I noticed this evening that someone had added my Twitter account to a group called “Bloggers in TX.” That poor misguided soul had apparently not noticed the infrequency with which actual blogging-like activity occurs around here, but now I feel obligated to live up to his expectations. So, here’re some buzzards. Capistrano has its swallows;… Continue reading We interrupt this hiatus for some important scavenger footage