Ok! So it's not quite Spring yet.

Front yard view.


Front yard view to the South.


Front yard view to the North.


Backyard view up the alley to the North.


Backyard view down the alley to the South.


This use to be our screen room. At least for today it is the snow room. The snow is so wet and the winds are so high that the screens have all been coated with a layer of snow that is completely blocking the view of the front yard.



Well the tools are all safely stored away back in the shop. Schools have been cancelled everywhere in Northern Wisconsin and the winter storm is still moving across our region.

For now we are enjoying the "free"(no school) day we have. Time to put on a fresh pot of coffee and stare out the windows.

Tool time. Spring time.

To quote my fellow blogger coldh20...."my four loyal readers" know I have three lifelong hobbies. Fishing, photography and tools. I learned to fish with my Dad. I caught my first fish when I was 6 or 7 and I have continued to enjoying it ever since getting hooked.....pun of course intended. Photography came along later in life. I purchased my first 35mm camera in 1966 from the base PX on the Shaw Air Force Base. I've been "pointing and shooting" ever since. And last but not least I love tools. I bought my first power tool when I was 12 or 13. A Rockwell 3/8 inch drill. It still has a place in my tool box. Over the years I have bought and collected tools of all kinds. Most of my larger projects are done in my backyard. I love these "backyard project". Fresh air and sunshine with occasional visits from neighbors and friends. Someday I hope to build a garage but until then and for years I've have taken my latest project outside into the driveway. I continue to enjoy each day I get to spend in "my shop" including it's outdoor workspace. These photos are from today's project. There is one great benefit of outside projects. Each day you have to clean up the workspace and put things away. Maybe a garage will make me lazy. Leave everything where it lays until you get a chance to get back to the project. Clutter will ensue for sure.

Recent spring sightings.

Partridge strutting his stuff.


Backyard cardinal.


Merlin. Additional info.

April 1, 2008

April 1 storm.

Still standing.

Why it was Oakspring Dairy Farm.

Camp Clark then and now.

Thanks to PJ and his staff for their hospitality during my recent visit. PJ has provide me with a box of old photos and color slides from the Camp Clark era. I will be sorting, scanning and posting these photo up at this web site. I hope to attract former campers and their families. I would like to organize a reunion of old Camp Clark campers at Camp Lyndon. Please visit my Camp Clark web site.

Spring day on the block.

No training wheels. Maiden voyage


A helping hand.


Biggest kid on the block today.

US 2 Westend Beach

This adult Bald Eagle was watching over a deer carcass along Hwy. 70 east of Fifield WI.

Right time right place with a camera within arms reach. It nice to get a chance to photograph some wildlife. It's been a long winter.

"All work and no play...." ? Not this weekend.

This bar and restaurant is on Highway 70 West of Woodruff/Minoqua WI.


A plaque on the bear in part read "This Black Bear boar ranks as the largest skull ever in Wisconsin. Shot in early June 1961 in Sayner, it weighted 669 lbs."


This is a great little bar and restaurant. The pizza, beer (34 kinds) and ambiance was great. The bar could be described as a sports bar. March Madness on the TVs. Hunting and fishing mounts on the walls. And of course Packer stuff everywhere.


Is that Bart Starr passing to a turkey?


Just once.... say on a 2 wt fly rod. What a fish!


Oh! did I mention the bar has entertainment. Including this guy and a Blues band last Saturday night.