We Need Some Rain!!!

It is getting very dry around here. We had some showers move through this morning but most of it evaporated before it hit the ground. It didn't even get the pavement wet. If it doesn't rain tonight I will have to start watering the lawn. It's starting to turn brown and doesn't recover from foot traffic. Not good this early in the season.
Tomorrow is Sam's first little league baseball game. We have been practicing. I never thought something simple like catching and throwing would be so hard to teach. We haven't even got to hitting yet. I wanted to get catching and throwing down first, but we're out of time. Today we'll get the bat out. I hope that goes better. This is the first year that he'll get pitched to. I'll try to remember the camera and start posting some pictures on here.
I still haven't been out fishing yet. I've heard some good reports from Platte, SD. Tara and Tayler are going on a mission trip to Parkersburg, IA with Youth Group in a couple weeks to help with last years tornado damage. I am taking a few of those days off and the boys and I can hopefully get some camping and fishing in. I'll try to remember to post pictures of that too.

White Robin

This Spring I have noticed several robins with white feathers in places they normally are not. One had an almost complete white head and shoulders. Another had a white stripe on each wing. Still another had a white back and partial white on it's tail. Just curious if anyone else has seen a robin with white in unusual places?
Also we are starting to see a lot of turtle doves around here. A couple years ago there weren't any. Mainly morning doves, but now the turtle doves seem to be taking over.

Cubs Lose a Close One.

The Cubs almost came back in the ninth. Trailing 6-3 they ended up losing 6-5. They have to do something with that bullpen. They are getting quality starts and some consistency to their offense, but their bullpen is dragging them down! I'm really liking Scales. I hope he can stay for the long haul. He has been a real spark to the team when they needed one. It was great to see D Lee snap out of his slump in a big way with a homer, double and 2 singles!!! Let's hope they kick some Red Bird butt this week!

Introduction

I love most everything about the outdoors. From camping, hiking, hunting and fishing to football and baseball. I'm a Bears and Cubs fan. I will probably blog about them allot. Camping season is finally here and I hope to be out there more this year. I didn't get anything done with the boat in the off season so I hope it's ready to go. Last Fall's hunting season did not go as planned. A trip to Colorado that was great, but I came home empty handed. A deer season here in Iowa that was the worst ever and a pheasant season that was well below average.