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Space junkie, 💙🇺🇸, husband, dad, grampa, retired ☎ guy, non-current pilot ✈, motorcycle aficionado 🛵, 🩵's things that fly 🦋,TR & @npr.org.
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” – Will Rogers
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” – Will Rogers
Happy Beethoven's Birthday, Everyone! 🎂🎼
December 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Happy Beethoven's Birthday, Everyone! 🎂🎼
Baby, It’s Cold Outside🥶
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Baby, It’s Cold Outside🥶
Daughter-father
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Daughter-father
Lazy Thanksgiving afternoon for 3 1/2 cats. 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Lazy Thanksgiving afternoon for 3 1/2 cats. 🦃
I’m not ready for this…⛄️
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I’m not ready for this…⛄️
Time to bring back these billboards...
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Time to bring back these billboards...
Every time I look at this picture, I wonder why anyone takes him seriously. 🤔
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Every time I look at this picture, I wonder why anyone takes him seriously. 🤔
We’ve had an abundance of hummingbirds this season. They are just amazing to watch! This is my first attempt to photograph them.
October 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We’ve had an abundance of hummingbirds this season. They are just amazing to watch! This is my first attempt to photograph them.
Self portrait
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Self portrait
September 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others." – Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost / Pope Leo XIV (I may have posted this before but we may need a reminder) 🫱🫲🏽
September 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others." – Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost / Pope Leo XIV (I may have posted this before but we may need a reminder) 🫱🫲🏽
Words of wisdom for a Sunday morning ☕️
September 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Words of wisdom for a Sunday morning ☕️
Happy Labor Day! This is a stature of an arsenal worker in #Midewin National Grassland, which used to be Joliet Arsenal during The War.
September 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy Labor Day! This is a stature of an arsenal worker in #Midewin National Grassland, which used to be Joliet Arsenal during The War.
Labor Day is traditionally the end of summer. My 15 star Ft. McHenry flag comes down & the 50 star 🇺🇸 goes back up til June. Just some picks from our side garden to enjoy, for now.
August 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Labor Day is traditionally the end of summer. My 15 star Ft. McHenry flag comes down & the 50 star 🇺🇸 goes back up til June. Just some picks from our side garden to enjoy, for now.
These are Mackinaw & South Haven (on the way home) 3/3
August 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
These are Mackinaw & South Haven (on the way home) 3/3
Lake Huron 2/3
August 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Lake Huron 2/3
Hate it when people post pictures of their vacations? Well, here’s mine from a couple weeks ago. We went to the MI LP, Lake Huron side. 1/3
August 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hate it when people post pictures of their vacations? Well, here’s mine from a couple weeks ago. We went to the MI LP, Lake Huron side. 1/3
“If you ask me, we could do with a little less motivation. The people who are causing all the trouble seem highly motived to me. Serial killers, stock swindlers, drug dealers, Christian Republicans.” – George Carlin
August 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“If you ask me, we could do with a little less motivation. The people who are causing all the trouble seem highly motived to me. Serial killers, stock swindlers, drug dealers, Christian Republicans.” – George Carlin
The last time the Guard was deployed in D.C., and after much hesitation on the president's part. 🇺🇸
August 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The last time the Guard was deployed in D.C., and after much hesitation on the president's part. 🇺🇸
Just ‘cuz it’s summer…
August 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just ‘cuz it’s summer…
‘Watching things fly’ pt. 2
July 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
‘Watching things fly’ pt. 2
Sitting on my porch watching things fly (this one’s a two-fer).
July 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Sitting on my porch watching things fly (this one’s a two-fer).