Ruffed Grouse

02 August 2013

This guy was in the middle of the road as I came round the bend and I shifted to the left to avoid him but he ran directly toward me - luckily I was going slow enough to brake quickly on the gravel road.  He then reversed direction and flew into the underbrush on the right.  I grabbed the camera and snapped his profile.    I'll do the Latin name and etc later when I have access to my birding book.

Lift Thine Eyes Unto The Hills

30 July 2013

Chess

At a world famous hotel in Europe there was an international gathering of chess players of great renown for a two week tournament.  At the end of the tournament a grand dinner was held and all the players attended. After the formalities had been observed the dinner attendees got into great discussions of the games, the moves, the blunders, etc and after dinner as they continued their often heated discussions they gradually moved into the foyer of the great hotel where their intense comments and bickerings continued often loudly and with occasional scatological adjectives being bantered about as they commented on the players abilities. Several guests had complained to the manager about the lack of decorum being exhibited as they had came through the foyer.  The manager quickly moved into the group of aficionados gathered there and prompted them to disperse immediately.

When asked why they had to leave the manager quickly replied, "The hotel rules prohibited chess nuts roasting in an open foyer".

Grand River Sea Monster

22 July 2013

At The Clothes Line

20 July 2013