Archive: What did we do over the 4th of July weekend in 2025?

| July 6, 2025

If you want to know what Brenda and I did to celebrate the 249th birthday of our country, my answer would be … not all that much. I ended up spraying our lawn for those sod webworms that has become a recent problem (the last 5 years) and then relaxed in the pool with my […]

BirdBuddy app, birds and Katelyn’s birdfeeder birthday present

| May 21, 2025

My daughter shared some photos from her new bird feeder birthday present, from Drew and the girls, and access last weekend through the BirdBuddy app. BTW, today is my brother’s birthday, Happy Birthday Ron! (poem below) The WiFi camera connected birdfeeder (see previous non-smar homemade birdfeeder) for the Oostra backyard which is full of “everything […]

A bird feeder idea for those with access to curved glass

| February 7, 2023

For those with with a love for feeding birds and access to a curved piece of glass (or perhaps the ability to heat and curve plexiglass?) … here’s an interesting project idea. Click on image for a short .mp4 video Although having this bird feeder in your window might get old after a while, it would be […]

Summer 2022 at home with our granddaughters wrap-up

| August 14, 2022

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How do you keep squirrels out of the birdfeeder? #humor

| May 8, 2018

Add something slick to the pole and enjoy the show … The birds eating at this birdfeeder are laughing at the squirrels today … #humor pic.twitter.com/MB7I3TZirM — Rich Corbett 🇺🇸 (@RichC) May 7, 2018

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  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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