Unfortunately, the current minions probably aren’t too versed in history or Shakespeare, so the Ides of March are going to go whizzing past their heads.

Not that I’m advocating violence, mind you.

The best I could do with my camera setup last night of the lunar eclipse. (Tripod, schmipod...)

Cardinal at the bird feeder says hello.

Quaker parrots in the southwest Chicago suburbs, have been visiting us year round lately.

Orchids from Chicago Botanic Gardens this weekend.

tonight’s sourdough.

Happy 110th Birthday,
Rocky Mountain National Park!

Whirl, an Amur tiger, portrait.
Brookfield Zoo.

I’ve been making cookies.

Longs Peak and Moraine Park beneath big skies with clouds in Rocky Mountain National Park, last July.

Turkeys I’ve known in the Colorado mountains.

I’ve been mixing breakfast cereals for years.
What do the Kelsey brothers have that I don’t have? Other than good, rugged looks, the ability to play sports and date successful pop stars?

The neighbor STILL has his dumb giant human skeleton with two giant dog skeletons up in his front yard, weeks after Halloween.

So, I've decided to put a giant T.rex skeleton up in our front yard.

For no apparent reason.