Tipsaw Lake Camping Trip

Tipsaw Lake Camping Trip

  Since the end of camping season is quickly approaching and the cooler air is coming in, we had our final camping trip of the year at Tipsaw Lake in Hoosier National Forest in St Croix, Indiana.  We stayed Friday through Sunday with three friends and our three dogs....
Vermin Control

Vermin Control

 I was out in the shed today looking for camping supplies and just poking around minding my own business.  Jason came out to help me and while I was standing right in front of the stack of plywood he quietly said, “Don’t move fast, but slowly look...
Awesome Orb Weaver

Awesome Orb Weaver

Isn’t she beautiful! This orb weaver is currently living out her last days at our friend’s house. On our last pool day of the summer we noticed she had made an egg sack about 5 feet away from her web. She will die at first frost, but the egg sack, if left...
Groundhog Visitor

Groundhog Visitor

This little guy has been hanging around our back yard and sunning on the lower back deck. He’s (or she) is fairly small so I’m thinking he just recently left momma groundhog to be on his own. We were seeing him every day, but after an afternoon of target...
Vacation Rocks!

Vacation Rocks!

This is the view from our campsite at our first stop of our camping vacation at Nashville Shores in Hermitage, Tennessee.  This campground overlooks Percy Priest Lake and the view and weather is perfect, especially for May!  More to come later on our trip –...
Peter Cottontail

Peter Cottontail

I was out taking photos of birds on the feeder when I spied this guy hiding in the tall grass. I got as close as I could to him before he spooked and took off.  I was lucky and got him in mid jump going down the driveway. To my amazement, this photo made...