4-2-2010

I woke up before the sun to go fly fishing for Steelhead trout today. Capitalizing on another annual migratory behaviour, steelhead instinctive come into the rivers and streams from the lake to lay their eggs this time every year (a lot like salmon). They're huge fish (about a foot and a half on average), and it's really cool seeing them in such shallow water. Those fish weren't nearly big enough for me though, so I caught this massive beast. Note the size of the flies in both pictures for scale.

The sun went to bed before I did too.

4-1-2010

Drinking outside on warm evenings is one of my top favorite things to do ever at all. Granted, as soon as the temperature hits 50°, people in Cleveland start wearing shorts and tank tops like it's summer time. But the first really nice night for drinking on a patio is kind of a big deal.

I take a lot of pictures of birds.

3-31-2010

Every year, Spotted Salamanders come out of hibernation and instinctively return to spawn in the same vernal pools they were born in. Since our house is down the street from these pools, we've been going to see them this time every year since moving in. During this season, other kinds of salamanders (that move too quickly to have their pictures taken) and lots of different frogs also come out of hibernation.

Also, our yard's reputation for having the best skunk bait in the neighborhood is quickly spreading among raccoons. Little do they know that Nicole and I are really fameous doctors on TV. (That picture really gets jpeg-ed by Picasa, look at this too.)

3-30-2010

Colorful Easter cupcakes could knowingly contain rat poison and I still couldn't say no to them.

3-29-2010

Space Jam > traffic jam.

3-28-2010

When's the last time you saw one of these?

3-27-2010

Crazy places in the middle of nowhere.

3-26-2010

My mother's grizzly, banged up knee.

3-25-2010

Snow. Traffic jam. Out of gas. Awesome.

3-24-2010

"Oh, gud morning. I'm in ur trap, noming on ur skunk bait."

More fog.

3-23-2010

It was a little foggy this morning.

3-22-2010

Almost three months of not eating meat now, I've lost so much weight my ring is nearly falling off. (Hey look Tiff, it's a hand)

Monday Night Naptime is 100% going to happen right now, but before that, I scanned a few more pictures from yesterday. I'm so obsessed with this camera/lens I got from the pawn shop, I figured I would put some more shots on here. 1 2 3 4.

P.s. I just noticed those scans are way less saturated than the prints, but I choose naptime over editing/reuploaing. Please pretend the scans are nice warm, saturated colors.

3-21-2010

Hiking in the woods and shooting pictures of things. We also found a cave, but I ran out of film right before we got there. Nicole got her boots stuck in the Swamp of Sorrows, but unlike Artex, I managed to save them.

P.s. This is my first 100% not digital post! (so please excuse the dust and finger prints on the scans).

3-20-2010

We drove to Columbus to pick up a camera from Craig's list. While there, we hung out with bears, bought another camera at a pawn shop from Gary (above), and had a drink with my long-lost friend Dave.