Author Archives: canoelover

The last few weeks have offered up an explosion of odonates. Not sure why, but I seem to be seeing more varieties of damselflies these past few weeks. They’re not as big and fast as the dragonflies and they’re weaker … Continue reading →

I have a few paddles.  Most of them live in a rack in my garage, all lined up and ready to party, if paddles can be said to do so. The canoe paddles are all wood, save two carbon-fiber paddles, … Continue reading →

I think there is a perfect correlation between how much time I spend outside and how many odonates hatch.  The correlation is, unfortunately, negative. I believe they waited until I got busy and hatched all at once.  Halloween Pennants, Spotted … Continue reading →

Some folks have asked me what all the wife X.X stuff is about. Here’s the best explanation. For those of you who still use an abacus when you run out of toes, software manufacturers use numbers to show how their … Continue reading →

Hawai’i was cool. There were big cool things like the  Na Pali Coast by kayak. There were small cool things like this Pallid Ghost Crab (Ocypode pallidula). That camo puts Mossy Oak® and Realtree® to shame.  The Pallid Ghost crabs have … Continue reading →

When I think of Hawai’i, I definitely think of places like Wailua Falls.  The kids love waterfalls.  Wisconsin has a few waterfalls, but in Kaua’i you can’t throw a rock without hitting a waterfall. The scenery is beautiful, of course, … Continue reading →

I’ve never blogged from a phone before. Excuse my typos. Normally I’d wait until I got to a real computer, but there are three things I want to share about this place. 1) One-way bridges. From our condo to my … Continue reading →

One of my favorite things about vacation is being able to read whatever I want, whenever I want. The only rule I have is no business books. Continue reading →

It has been a pretty schizoid Spring  so until this week the odonata were scarce in my locale.  Just the CGDs (Anax junius), but I still poked around out back behind the shop for a bit a few minutes a … Continue reading →

I saw a dark spot on the siding just under the window sill, and at first, thought nothing of it.  Then I leaned over, took a good look and saw that it was hundreds, maybe thousands of newborn spiders.  What … Continue reading →