I decided the temperature was cool enough that a hike would be the proper thing to do. My “to do” list was changed. I headed for the Limestone Run area of Armstrong County to see what things of interest would be available. The climb to the top of the hill caused moisture to form within [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Summer Hike
Posted in Butterflies and Insects, Misc. Nature on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Few Hours At The River
Posted in Fishing, Wildlife on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I spent a few hours along the mighty Allegheny River this morning. A fog engulfed the area. I enjoy watching the fog drift past me like wisps of smoke from a wood fire. One never knows what might appear as the fog lifts. I didn’t have a lot of worms, but, I did manage to catch [...]
Butterflies
Posted in Butterflies and Insects on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Monarch butterfly on a swamp milkweed flower. I knew I would be recycling this day so a summer hike surely would be good. You know the old phrase: Kill two birds …. I chose to concentrate on some old gas well roads in hopes of finding bear tracks or, better yet, see one. Wild [...]
Fishing and Wildflowers
Posted in Fishing, Wildflowers on July 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On Monday, July 12th, my friend, Frank Maus and I spent some quality time trolling for muskies. Although we didn’t catch any we enjoyed the day on the Allegheny River. (I jinxed him!) We did see deer; gulls and other things of interest. I saw one muskie at the surface of the water. Today, July 15th, I [...]
THE MUSIC I PLAY
Posted in Music on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I enjoy playing music. After quitting the nightclub and bar scene around 1982, the guitar was seldom picked up. When the mood to play “hit me” I would play along with albums and cassettes at that time. My aunt was instrumental at my resurgence when she and others started a campground along Cherry Run called Maple [...]