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Future of artificial limbs (prosthetics)

If these men were alive today, wouldn’t they be amazed?

16 Apr 1973, Mon The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com
January 28, 2023 by dlschirf Posted in Blog Tagged clippings, New York, news, nostalgia Reply

Hodge, 2001 – 2013 (cat)

These are from a previous post in which photos of already questionable quality were resized. Some of the originals are lost, but I hope I can find at least a few. Hodge was a character who thought he was a lion to my antelope.

Hodge tribute
Hodge tribute
95 photos
Another long, hard day on the job
Back from a week at the animal clinic, er, spa
Better the caterpillar than me
Big furry shrimp
Break out the insulin
Cat and caterpillar
Cat yoga
Caterpillar friend
Closeup
Closeup
Comfy
Contemplative Hodge
Don't disturb me; I'm channeling Blofeld
Don't just stand there; get me a bigger bed
Don't take off my legs and tail
Enough with the photos
Every home has a remote hog
Evil is hard work
Eyes wide shut
Family portrait
Flexing paw
Footwarmer 2
Footwarmer; he has my foot pinned down for the count
Good morning, Sunshine
Have you been telling lies about me on Facebook again?
Himself
Hodge has a head cold and found a cozy spot
Hodge stars in Taxi Driver
Hodge succumbs to gravity
I am working; I am keeping the pillows warm
I don't care about your torn meniscus
I'm looking for the Tahitian women
I'm not allowed to go anywhere
I'm not ashamed
I'm not dead yet!
I've found my purpose in life
If looks could kill — ZAP!
In bed
Just Photoshop X where the eyes would be
Keeping at arm's length
Like my monkey face?
Little do I know I'm about to be boarded
Loafing
Look, ma, no head
Lord of all 700 square feet he surveys
Meaty thigh
Meaty thigh
Morning nap
My head . . .
My job is to hold down the floor, which I do well
Nap
Napping position 647
Not as sweet as he looks
Not my head again!
Notice my nose and pads color coordinate
Oh, the temptation to knock him off
Passed out
Peaceful coexistence is possible at naptime
Peek-a-boo
Pose
Relax
Relaxed
Roused
Sharpening his claws with his teeth
Stretch
Stretch
Taking a rest from peeing on the carpet
The Amazing Feline Pretzel
The afternoon nap
The better to bite you with
The devil assumes a fetal position
The end to a long, brutal day of napping
The last thing Diane saw before the end
The paparazzi
Thoughtful nap
Three minutes in the life of Hodge, minute 1
Three minutes in the life of Hodge, minute 2
Three minutes in the life of Hodge, minute 3
Toe beans
Trust
View from the sofa
Vigilantly guarding the hind legs
Was it necessary to rouse me?
What a dream
What aspect of MY BED don’t you get?
Who, me nip? Snap.
Window guard
With me and my bad shoulder as backstop
Woe is me
Yawn
You can't see me now
You can’t seriously think I’m going to move
You didn't want to get into the kitchen, did you?
You talking to me?
You weren't thinking of lying here, were you?
January 27, 2023 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Life Tagged cattitude, Hodge, life, photo Reply

“Far more happier” (The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes)

I just realized (or remembered, now I think about it) Kindle has a visual quotation feature. This one refers to Tahiti, “paradise” to the early sailors who landed there and found a different and less restrictive society, not so much after a few visits.

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January 22, 2023 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Books, Quotations Tagged european history, history, nonfiction, quotation Reply

Pileated woodpecker pair at Sapsucker Woods

Christmas present for birders from the feeders at Sapsucker Woods (Cornell). The pileated woodpecker to your right (middle feeder on the post) is the male.

January 7, 2023 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Video, Wildlife Tagged birds, holiday, New York, video, wildlife Reply

Eternal flame waterfall at Chestnut Ridge

This is at Chestnut Ridge, a county park near where I grew up in western New York. I didn’t know about it until a few years ago. Sadly, the one time I was back there in 2015, my energy drained on the trail before I could get to the waterfall, so I’ve never seen it. I’m not sure my dad knew about it. He would have loved it, I think. Video is by John Kucko, who specializes in WNY/Finger Lakes photography and video.

January 7, 2023 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Video Tagged nature, New York, video Reply

Lessons and Carols, 2022

This is the first time since 2019 that Lessons and Carols, a Christmas Eve tradition at Rockefeller Chapel, has been held in person. I remember in 2020 and 2021, it was streamed. This year it was both in person and streamed. I attended, but within a few days had developed my first bout with COVID-19. I held out almost three years.

Rockefeller is always an experience. The snow was a great touch.

I love that the children don’t have to make or buy costumes to be farmyard animals. These days they can wear pajamas. My favorite was the Holstein cow (possibly an anachronism).

Lessons and Carols, 2022
Lessons and Carols, 2022
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January 6, 2023 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Life, Music, Video Tagged Chicago, health, holiday, Hyde Park, life, music, photo, video Reply

December sea smoke on Lake Michigan at -8°F

I’m not sure whether I’ve seen sea smoke in December before, but it is close to January. With bonus of Jack Frost on the window.

Accuweather

Sea smoke is essentially just fog above water, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Samuhel. The occurrence of sea smoke is similar to the steam that appears over a boiling pot of water or a hot bath.

“It happens when the air mass is so cold it makes the water steam like a pot on a stove would,” Samuhel said. Sea smoke is also sometimes referred to as arctic sea smoke, frost smoke, steam fog or sea fog.

In order for sea smoke to occur, the air has to be very cold and the water has to be comparatively warm. As a light wind of cold air sweeps in, it cools the warm air immediately above the water, which makes the air dip below the dew point. The air is only able to hold so much moisture before it condenses into fog, or sea smoke.

Sea smoke on Lake Michigan at -8ºF
December 23, 2022 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Photography, Weather Tagged Chicago, Hyde Park, Lake Michigan, photo, Promontory Point, sea smoke, video, weather Reply

Winter Wonderland at Messenger Woods Nature Preserve

words and images Posted on December 10, 2022 by dlschirfJanuary 7, 2023
December 4, 2022

While it didn’t snow, this Forest Preserve District of Will County event had a lot to recommend it:

  • Campfires with fixings for smores, plus hot chocolate and doughnuts
  • Bubble machine and music
  • A dancing Bumble
  • Games, including giant Jenga
  • Crafts
  • Tchotchkes
  • Crafts
  • Photo “booth” with the Bumble
  • Enthusiastic Forest Preserve employees and volunteers

And probably more I’m not thinking of. Afterwards, J. and I went to La Crepe Bistro in Homer Glen, then stopped near Swallow Cliff Woods, where the structure befuddled me. I suppose it’s a blind of some kind.

Winter Wonderland at Messenger Woods
Winter Wonderland at Messenger Woods
8 photos
Humble Bumble
Basket toss game
Winter Wonderland "snowman"
Snowman heads
La Crepe Bistro
La Crepe Bistro
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Posted in Adventure, Blog, Photography | Tagged forest preserve, Forest Preserve District of Will County, FPDCC, friend, photo, Will County | Leave a reply

Hyde Park, Chicago — drone footage

Even better, from a drone. There are likely a lot of these out there.

November 26, 2022 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Chicago Tagged Chicago, Hyde Park, video Reply

Hyde Park, Chicago drive

I’ve meant to get a GoPro and do something like this from my bike (when I could ride), but this will have to do for now. Not unlike many in Hyde Park, the driver doesn’t recognize stop signs.

November 26, 2022 by dlschirf Posted in Blog, Chicago Tagged Chicago, Hyde Park, video Reply

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