Summertime is the season for baseball around here. Fall is for football. Truth be told, I’m more into the former. I watched more Royals baseball this year than ever before…and while they didn’t have the greatest record, they provided some good entertainment. We also like to go to some minor league games and we are … Read more
This year, Muscatine has been a regular stop for the river cruise boats…I think they will make 11 visits overall, ending sometime in October. Lately they’ve been coming in late Monday evening and then folks will visit the Pearl Button Museum, Discovery Park, Pine Creek Mill, and a few other places, on Tuesday morning. It’s … Read more
The fall migration for some bird species begins pretty early. It feels that way to me anyway. We are in mid-September…the days are still warm and the getting is good for bugs and flowers. But this is about the time when the dominant male hummers start to leave on their southward journey. I wish I … Read more
The creativity of some people just amazes me. In this case, a jet engine was added to a radial powered, prop-driven, Waco bi-plane. For airshow purposes it was a great performer…it smoked up the skies, climbed vertically until it was the size of a fly, and did all the loops and rolls you’d ever want … Read more
The big Northern Lights display never quite got going down in our neck of the woods. Around 1:30 a pink-purple hue started to build up on the horizon. It didn’t amount to much but was still something to play with…better than eating another bag of cheese crisps I figure. I liked the fog coming in … Read more
May 10th, 2024…for anyone into the night sky stuff, this date will be long remembered. There were numerous reports that the Aurora could be pretty good on this night…but before it even got dark…you could see color between the clouds. The pink and purple was clearly visible to the naked eye. Once it got dark, … Read more