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"Don't Pass Me By"

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 I like my hobby of photography, and I often visit local Parks, Wetlands and Zoos to capture most of my animal photos, but sometimes my own yard can be filled with opportunities; Just Don't Pass Me By. My home in Melbourne Florida is a corner lot with Elbow Creek in the back. Therefore, I only have one neighbor's house. The Creek makes for a lot of interesting visitors from the animal kingdom, and my bird feeder brings in even more traffic. Some of that traffic is unwanted. Here we have one of the Gray Squirrels that like to eat lots of the bird feed I put out. Here is one of the furry rats sitting in the bottlebrush tree, which also brings some visitors. Another common visitor I have are the Blue Jays . Once in a while I put out some peanuts for the squirrels, but I have found that the Jays love them too. I usually throw out a dozen at a time, and the first Blue Jay will grab his peanut and then sit in the tree calling for the other Jays to come. I have planted some milkweed t...
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Dining 2026 - Weeks 17-23

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First, the simple Stats... Statistics Current Weeks: 17-23   # NEW Restaurants:         Current:1   Total:5   Goal:5 # Different Restaurants:    Current:7   Total:31  Goal:23 My scoring system is simple: Okay Good Great Excellent Memorable I have never used a Zero but it means BAD. If I use a half like 2.5, it means halfway between 2-Good and 3-Great In my spreadsheet I also use a field called My Visits: Many - I have visited more than 5 times Few - I have visited 2 to 5 times Once - One visit None - No visits Sorry - It closed before ever making the first visit. I will add this field to the header. Here are the restaurants added since the last dining synopsis post... 4/29/2026 - Few - 3.0 - 4th Street Filling Station Location : Popular Gastropub and Grill on A1A in Cocoa Beach, on the West side just south of Kelly Slater Statue History : It was a Mobil gas station since the 1950s. Opened in January 2019, initi...
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Reading 2026 - Books 6-10

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 I am a little behind in my reading goals for the year. I just finished book #10, but I should be at #13 according to Goodreads. Book #10 was the slowest read and I ended up reading the other four books while trying to get through it. E is for Evidence (#6) Written by Sue Grafton; published in 1988; 180 pages; BJ Score 2.5  (Good to Great) This is the fifth book from the Grafton alphabet series. It is part of Book #59 in my bucket list which is to read all 25 books. Another good read about PI Kinsey Millhone. Unsolved Deaths (#7) Written by Charles Phillips; published in 2020; 224 pages; BJ Score 2.0  (Good) This was a non-fiction book on sale at B&N. It had some good items and many I had not read or heard of before. There were also many I knew the Mystery already. I may use the book as a reference... G is for Gumshoe (#8) Written by Sue Grafton; published in 1990; 224 pages; BJ Score 2.5 (Good to Great) This is the seventh book from the Grafton alphabet series; t...
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"Tomorrow Never Knows"

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 The first half of May has been pretty much uneventful. But Tomorrow Never Knows what may come, so always have the camera ready. The first creature I took a picture of was one in which I have spent years trying to eliminate from my immediate area. Sadly, I have not succeeded, but I will keep on my quest. This beer was at Lou's Blues, a known sanctuary for this type of animal. I was waiting to catch a glimpse of the ever popular SpaceX rocket. Right on schedule, the Falcon 9 made its appearance to the North of my location, the back deck... As the rocket headed to space, the plan was to release more baby satellites called Starlink into LEO. The flock currently has over 10,000 flying across skies of the earth. Sometimes the creature may be in your front yard. This guy is a regular in my back yard toward the creek, but he had wandered into bird feeder territory. I was cutting vegetables for dinner and shared a carrot. I figured a rabbit with a carrot was an unique shot. House sparrow ...
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