Culver's Walleye

The Walleye was back and it was tasty. 

Spring Break at Breckinridge!

Day Two was snowy! You can see a flake in the pic. Jack was on the other side of me!

Dad and Elle Ski Afternoon

Quicksilver and A-Chair lifts!

Cool Plate!

Worn out Kids!

Bobcats Fighting Back Against Pythons!

 

A camera trap captured a bobcat facing off against a Burmese python. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey

Ecologists with the U.S. Geological Survey collected first-of-its-kind photographic evidence last year of a bobcat devouring python eggs in the Big Cypress National Preserve. Driving the news: The finding, published last month in the journal Ecology and Evolution, suggests there's finally hope that a predator could halt the python's creeping dominance — by eating its eggs. Why it matters: Tens of thousands of invasive Burmese pythons are spread over more than 1,000 square miles of South Florida and compete with native wildlife for food, causing severe population declines in Everglades National Park and Big Cypress. What happened: Ecologists trained a camera trap on a python nest to observe reproductive biology, but the camera caught a bobcat arriving to snack. The cat came back three times that night, then returned the next morning to bury extra eggs in the ground. The next day the camera caught the cat and snake in a fight. Yes, but: It's possible that this interaction was an isolated incident. Though it could also be possible that native species are beginning to respond to the presence of the python, and this could be a learned behavior that starts to happen regularly, the New York Times reports.

41 Degree Variance Forecast for March 12

 

Certainly the coldest night in March we have seen since moving here!

Coke with Coffee!

You guessed it…not very good.

Sitting Animals!

We were able to get both animals to sit!

Christmas 2021 - Photo Recap

Christmas 2021!    

The big gift was a spring break trip to go skiing!

The first Christmas with a cat hanging around!

 

A Lazy Christmas Afternoon

Watching Christmas Vacation….

1972 Christmas Snaps!

Bill sent snaps of these Christmas shots from 1972.  He was only 1 month old!  Other observations include our tree which seems a little sparse and the famous "buggy seat" in the top left of the 2nd pic.  Note the popcorn garland on the tree too.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Finds

Curiously, these were hard to find this holiday season!  I scored the stamps at Office Depot of all places.

Elle Turns 11!

Elle wasn't feeling great so we had to postpone her party…but cake was still made. An Oreo cake featuring a crumbled cookie center!  Puff, the elf, broke out his birthday attire as well.

Go Gators Christmas Lights

Celebration Point includes some nice Gator themed Christmas decorations.

Merry Christmas from the Solo family!

Ready for Christmas Dinner!

Here's a pic from Elle last year anxiously awaiting Christmas dinner!

Pete and Christmas Toy

This Christmas toy has lasted way longer than you think.  Mom gave it to us years back and the beagles, especially Kodak, loved triggering it to sing an obnoxious version of Jingle Bells and run through the house with it.  Years later, the kids did (and still do) the same thing.  Now Petey enjoys it just as much.

COVID Vaccine shot #2

In the books!

Elle did much better than her Dad after the 2nd shot!  Actually, everybody in the family did better than Dad after the 2nd shot.  Could it be I got Moderna and the rest got Pfizer?

Merry Christmas!

Looking forward to a mask free holiday this year!