Just a quick update...yesterday, April 16th, 2010 my wife lost a long time friend and member of her family. He was always around when she needed someone to talk to...or whistle with. He could not stand to be around anyone but her most of the time...including me. Louie has moved on to a better place...one where the chaos of daily life will no longer be a burden. He did live a long life and undoubtedly a happy one. While he may have only been a bird...he was something very special to her. I just wanted to write a quick something so that we will always have a place to come back to to remember Louie. Pictures are coming soon.
R.I.P. Louie Napier
April 16th, 2010.
Derek
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
New Website Underway!
I am happy to announce that I have new domains ordered for OutdoorsMI. Unfortunately, outdoorsmi.com was hijacked in essence...so I cannot use that for now. Hopefully someday in the near future it will become available again and it will be returned to its rightful owner. :)
Stay tuned for more updates and information about the launch of the new site! :)
-Derek
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Northern Michigan Rocks!
This has been the best two weeks of the year in Northern Michigan...simply because we have had every single type of weather event possible. We had days in the high 70s...even some reports of low 80s...and days that did not even get out of the 30s. We had snow...we had rain. The sun shined brightly...or the clouds were so dense the sun was only a distant memory. The wind was strong enough to blow my wheel barrow over a couple days...and today not a branch is swaying. This is what Michigan is all about!
I mentioned snow...in April. :P We had a few days of snow earlier last week. It was mid last week that I woke up to a white ground again. Luckily, it looks like all of my outdoor growings-on did not sustain any damage. I have no idea what they are...but I want them to live long enough so I can see. ;) (Since we relocated spring has been extremely eventful and very new for me.) Everything has moderated over the last couple days...we did have a dusting of snow yesterday but overall the day turned out very nice. Low 60s for highs and the sun came out mid afternoon. Today so far? GET OUTSIDE! Low 40s right now...highs in the 50s down by the water.
I have been toying with getting a lighter version of my North Face APEX Bionic jacket. It is the much lighter wind resistant version...not waterproof from what I gathered. It would be perfect for this time of year. It is the APEX Elixir. Most of the time just cutting out the wind factor up here would make any day more pleasant! If anyone has any experience with this jacket throw a comment my way.
I really need to get the OutdoorsMI cam back up...we have wildlife that I did not expect to see here at the new place. Rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, and plenty of birds! I mentioned the eagle that flew overhead a few posts ago...that was the bird highlight. A day does not go by that soms critter finds itself in the back yard. I cannot wait to get the camera up so I can replay some of those events.
That covers everything for now...we are still trying to get settled into the new place...so posts have been a bit infrequent. Now that spring is nearly in full tilt expect to see more out of me. I would also like to try working on a website again...my past endeavor is stuck in limbo due to the host...and it does not sound like I will be able to get my domain name back. That sucks...but I am not defeated!
Enough for now. Good morning from Northern Michigan!
-Derek
I mentioned snow...in April. :P We had a few days of snow earlier last week. It was mid last week that I woke up to a white ground again. Luckily, it looks like all of my outdoor growings-on did not sustain any damage. I have no idea what they are...but I want them to live long enough so I can see. ;) (Since we relocated spring has been extremely eventful and very new for me.) Everything has moderated over the last couple days...we did have a dusting of snow yesterday but overall the day turned out very nice. Low 60s for highs and the sun came out mid afternoon. Today so far? GET OUTSIDE! Low 40s right now...highs in the 50s down by the water.
I have been toying with getting a lighter version of my North Face APEX Bionic jacket. It is the much lighter wind resistant version...not waterproof from what I gathered. It would be perfect for this time of year. It is the APEX Elixir. Most of the time just cutting out the wind factor up here would make any day more pleasant! If anyone has any experience with this jacket throw a comment my way.
I really need to get the OutdoorsMI cam back up...we have wildlife that I did not expect to see here at the new place. Rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, and plenty of birds! I mentioned the eagle that flew overhead a few posts ago...that was the bird highlight. A day does not go by that soms critter finds itself in the back yard. I cannot wait to get the camera up so I can replay some of those events.
That covers everything for now...we are still trying to get settled into the new place...so posts have been a bit infrequent. Now that spring is nearly in full tilt expect to see more out of me. I would also like to try working on a website again...my past endeavor is stuck in limbo due to the host...and it does not sound like I will be able to get my domain name back. That sucks...but I am not defeated!
Enough for now. Good morning from Northern Michigan!
-Derek
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