Akiva and Vasco hanging out together on Vasco’s birthday, 3-15-2011. These two are practically inseparable, so naturally they celebrated together.
Here’s a few from the day — the boys doing what they do best, which is keeping each other company. Happy birthday, Vasco!
After a long Wisconsin winter, it’s good to see those first green shoots pushing up through the dead leaves. These are from April 24th, 2018 — the start of spring in the garden, as far as I’m concerned. If you look close you can see the mint waking up against the warm side of the…
Our Dog of the Day for 12/18/2011 is KoKo, who knows how to work the camera. “KoKo showing off for the camera.” Some dogs tolerate having a camera pointed at them. KoKo, on the other hand, performs. That laid-back pose on the carpet, the knowing expression, the whole effortless I-know-I-look-good energy — KoKo is a…
My plants growing under florescent light fixtures I have setup in the basement. Hoya, Pothos, Philodendron, Desert Rose, Jade, Euphorbia milii, Various Cactus, and Rosemary, among others. This indoor growing light setup has turned out to be very effective and the plants look great. I water almost all of these plants every other day. They…
For my friends that are into coffee, here is a video showing how a cappuccino is made. The process would be extremely similar to this in a coffee shop. The process goes faster than this normally, but I moved more slowly as I was shooting video and explaining things as I went. Note in most…
This is the last of the four. That Monday evening I made a loop of the lakefront parks, my own yard first, then Fresh Air Park and Kimberly Point, and I finished at Riverside. Of all of them, Riverside is the one that stopped me. Riverside is the old one. The city bought the land,…
The Autumn Blaze Maple is a cultivar of the red maple, and it has become one of the most popular front-yard shade trees in the Midwest. It earns that popularity honestly: a rounded, oval form, fast growth, and a long-lasting orange-red show in the fall. What makes the Autumn Blaze special ‘Autumn Blaze’ has a…