From the Archives — June, 2008
Berry Picking
In the June issue of Heartland Outdoors Magazine, you can't read it on line, it's only in the print version, Gretchen Steele of Walkin' With the Wild Woman wrote an…
From the Archives — June, 2008
Sumertime, Summertime, Sum Sum Summertime
Outdoor Blogger Network put a photo prompt the other day... Outdoor Photo Prompt: The Start of Summer I'm not sure any of the following photos have anything to do with…
Poor Dicky
My new found buddy Dicky Duck and I have become inseparable ever since I saved him from being abandoned on the beach at Devil's Lake State Park a couple of…
Swimming upstream faster than the current… (part 2)
More details and suggestions in the second email from Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director, Marc Miller. _______ Dear DNR constituent: In Part 1’s email, I discussed how the victory…
Need Fox River Fishing Reports?
While I continue to ignore writing anything here and not reading much (sorry everyone, it's been kind of nice being oblivious to everything), I have been leaving fishing reports on…
Pardon my Absence
I haven't felt like writing much of anything lately. I've also not been reading much of anything lately. For all those with blogs that I usually read and leave comments,…
Speaking of Butterflies
I was out wandering the other day and stopped at a creek. The main goal was to see what kind of shape it was in after the recent rains. The…
Monarchs and the Crazy Squirrel Lady
I've been getting out fishing. Creeks, Fox River, secret ponds and a heavily pressured state park. Caught fish at all of them. Some good, some not so good. Going through…
Fishing with Ed
Got out the other day with the Four Season Angler Ed Schmitt. He gets off work just in time to go fish the last couple hours of the day, so…