Chicago Fall Colors, at least a little bit
It's real easy for me to pick on all things Chicago. I grew up there and never lived outside of the city limits till I moved out of the city…
My Stinky River – Wandering the Fox Valley
Last week I put up a simple post with a couple of suggestions for something to do over the weekend out and away from the city. It's going to be…
View from the Porch – Hummingbirds, turkeys, squirrels, fishing and asparagus.
I haven't seen the hummingbirds in a few days. The water level in their feeders looks like it hasn't moved either. I'll leave them up through the next coming warm…
It’s going to be beautiful out this weekend
Time to go for a short drive. Really, Morris isn't that far away and the ride, if you take some back roads, is well worth it. The Grundy County Corn…
Great Horned Owls have no Sense of Smell
I heard the other day that there are too many skunks in the Chicago area. In the 6 years I've been living along the edge of a wooded ravine, I've…
The end of summer and the Autumnal Equinox, it’s time to get out.
No, I'm not going to write much about either of those, I think, other than the Autumnal Equinox happened on Friday, September 23rd. I guess this is more of a…
Northern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days, Day One
My voice is shot, my legs are killing me from standing all day and I'm having a great time manning the booth for Heartland Outdoors Magazine at the Northern Illinois…
Aftermath of “That Bitch Irene”
Ken Hall over at The View from Fish in a Barrel Pond has shed his Quill Gordon alter ego in order to document the aftermath of as he put it…
If you haven’t been reading and viewing Bob Long, Jr., you should be
I'm in lazy mode. Going around reading and looking at things. My friend Bob is one of the ones where I spend a fair amount of time. You gotcher pictures,…