It’s been a traveling week for the Schools family. Lise and I were down in Indiana at Turkey Run State Park for a couple days. I came back here for some work things while Lise and the rest of clan Eichhorn went down to Spring Mill State Park for a couple days. Then Friday night Molly and I drove to South Bend for a Saturday water polo tournament at Notre Dame.
On the offense.
More offense.
The big D.
More D.
So it was an Indiana centric kind of week. While Indiana politicians are showing the world what ignorant and bigoted politicians are really good at doing. Like enacting hate legislation. There’s a saying in Georgia that goes something like, “if it wasn’t for Atlanta we’d be Alabama.” In Alabama they say, “at least we aren’t as bad as Mississippi.” I think Mike Pence and his idiot Republicans just gave the Midwest their Mississippi. Now I know what they mean when they say, “Indiana – where our future is your nostalgia.” At least Pence helped me make one decision. Until those mental midgets enacted their hate legislation a certain Southern Indiana college town was on the retirement list. I don’t think so anymore. I’ll take my money elsewhere.
On a brighter note, things are starting to pick up birding wise. According to reports, waterfowl migration is in full swing. Lise did a conference field trip that shot her up to 110 species for the year. I’m still down at a measly 94. The weather hasn’t been stellar but it is slowly getting nicer. At least it doesn’t hurt as much to go outside.
Fido can tell the days are getting longer. She seems to have come out of her winter lethargy and now runs laps around the house. She doesn’t seem to understand that even though the sun is out, the air temperature is still too cold for an organism that doesn’t produce its own heat. I’ve let her out in the yard a couple times but she feels like a popsicle when I bring her in. But at least now we have some hope for nicer days.
Longing for the great outdoors.
Ed's and Lise's Biggish Years 