by Jim Stratigos | Jun 6, 2021 | Nature
Bob is a 6 foot black snake and has been hanging around for several years. Twice I have found his shed skin on my workbench in the garage where presumably he ventured in search of mice. Due to Bob, we have seen very few mice. Last July he tried to come into the...
by Jim Stratigos | Jun 6, 2021 | Nature
Not many bears so far this spring but this guy visited the Ison’s recently. Note how he reacts to Steve yelling “Git” and runs away 🙂
by Jim Stratigos | Jun 5, 2021 | Nature
Last Tuesday evening I scared some fish with David Kitchens and Mike Nervie. The weather was great and around dusk the trout were rising to feed on the hatches. I manage to catch a couple and several nibbles. All in all a great time and we saw few other fisherman that...
by Jim Stratigos | Apr 21, 2021 | Astronomical events, Balsam skies
Its usually a minor shower with a very broad peak that extends from about April 16-26. Tomorrow morning is the theoretical peak with rates that average about 10-20 per hour. The Geminids and Perseids can have rates of up to 100 per hour. As usual the best time to see...
by Jim Stratigos | Feb 7, 2021 | Balsam skies
This makes the fourth snowfall since Christmas and more than three weeks of some snow on the ground. It started around 6:00 PM last night and snowed steadily until early this morning. We got about 4 inches on this side of the mountain. Lexi just loves this snow and...
