Linkhorn Biosphere Log for October 6, 2025 This morning, I went outside on the porch to check on the Linkhorn biosphere, which I got from the bay out here. It was still dark, unlike yesterday, and not very clear. I had left the lid on a bit loose to allow some oxygen in, but this…
Can a person have too many interests? I think I might. I have so many different things I like to do, and now that I have more time on my hands, my brain just races with all the things I enjoy. For example, I recently discovered that I can use AI to correct my grammar…
I am creating a biosphere—arguably an ecosphere, but I’m calling it a biosphere because that’s what my old brain can remember. I’m using a jar that used to hold kimchi. I live near a branch of the Lynnhaven River, which stems from the Chesapeake Bay—Linkhorn Bay, I think, or something like that. Anyway, it’s a…
So, I’m listening to shortwave radio again. One of the things that really fascinates me about it is that, when I was a kid, we had a Ford Pinto in the early ’70s. It had an AM radio—no air conditioning—and it was about as close to not being a car as you could get without…
It’s been quite some time as you can see. I have since had a rough time getting over the passing of my buddy Toshi; it’s really taking a toll on me. It’s hard to even look at a picture of him. But, day-by-day, my grieving is fading. I still miss him and I’m sure I…
I want to write about my buddy Toshi, but it is very, very difficult and this may take me a while. My Shiba Inu, Toshi was almost fourteen years old when he passed away two days ago. His rear legs decided to stop working sometime during the night; he was also deaf and going blind….
It’s been 21 days since we first saw these little eggs and now they have evolved into eggs with legs. This the clutch of eggs that I previously posted on my Facebook page Emay’s Critters and it is from one of my wife’s tan jumping spiders (Polycryptus undatus). Her name is Toto; she is the…
Little Miss Muffet: Little Miss Muffet She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighten’d Miss Muffet away. A few days ago, my son came to me saying there was a spider on the kitchen floor, “…and it looks like a tarantula…
Over the past several years, I have enjoyed taking Street Photography pictures from a passenger perspective while my wife drives around random places. Whether it’s behind the windshield, or through the side window the process is very satisfying. Pedestrians, bus stops, and cyclists are what I tend to gravitate toward. Sometimes, I will shoot blindly…
Occasionally, I enjoy plane spotting and photographing flying things. One day, at a popular designated observation point for Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, I was fascinated by this gentleman, who was like me, energetically taking pictures of the planes. Luckily, a couple of US Air Force C-17A Globemasters came in on a beautifully…