Joe's Place (Diane's too!)

Had a wonderful visit with Joe, N7HMM, Chief Woodrat First Class, and his lovely wife Diane.   They treated us like royalty.  (Fresh zuchinni bread and delicious coffee and a loaf to take home!)  Here's a one of the photos of today with the Chief at the helm.   I have a plethora of photos to share, so, this is the first installment.  (Gardening, chickens, and woodgathering to follow soon.)  Maybe even a session on fly tying!

Enjoy...

Bev - Fly Fishing

Late August, 2010  ..  Bev fly fishing on Marble Creek, just starting to pick up the fly.

Coons

Looking out one of the windows overlooking the driveway, I saw four of these critters causually skipping toward the street.   Two of them went across the road and two went in the culvert across the end of my drive.  I slipped out the back door and blocked one end of the culvert the waited at the other end with my camera..   The other two came back, here's three of them.

Pike Minnow

Here's the "Catch"
Caught on hand-tied imitation "Grasshopper" (#8 hook) .

These fish are locally known as "Squawfish" however, in recent times, some of the N'west Tribes have objected to the use of the word "Squaw" noting it to be a sobriquet of unflattering nature initated by some of the early settlers and trappers. Now, many of the creeks and other landmarks, etc. have been renamed due to objections raised by the Tribes.
(Click on picture to enlarge.)

Pictures include me, my wife, Bev; and my great grandson, Liam.

Big Creek

A tributary of the St. Joe River
Friday, June 18, 2010

Water Strider

Here is an interesting little water bug.  I have always been fascinated by their means of locomotion. 

This photo was taken with a cheap 2 meg pocket camera with a taped on magnifying lens (Jury-Rigged) for a macro effect. 

You can easily see the indentation of the water surface where the bug's weight is distributed down each leg.  Notice that the area of detention for the hind-most legs is greater than the two forward sets.   These indentations provide plenty of grip or traction for the bug's ability to "stride" across the water surface. 

The Osprey Are Back!

It seems the Osprey show up about this time every year.  Their biological clock tells them it's time to straighten up the nests and get on with the mating routine.

This one seemed pretty curious about the one big eye looking at it..