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The Leanin’ Tree

Published
by
Michael Comfort
on December 22, 2008
in Home
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We have a tall Pine tree near our house that has been lean­ing for quite a while. With 14 inches of snow, and 1/2″ of ice, this tree is REALLY lean­ing now!

Here’s a very un-​nerving photo of the tree and it’s prox­im­ity to our house… wow!

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This next angle takes most of the worry away, as it looks like it is likely to miss the house. I’m almost hoping the ice and snow brings it down, so I won’t have to pay to have it done! (Unfor­tu­nately, it’ll undoubtably take out the fence!)

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Ever seen a Snipe?

Published
by
Michael Comfort
on December 21, 2008
in Fascinating
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If you are like me, you’ve never seen one. They don’t exist you know. At least that’s what I grew up believ­ing. My older cousins once took me out “snipe hunt­ing” when I was in grade school. After that, I KNEW they didn’t exist.

Well, today I actu­ally SAW one! Deanne and I went out pic­ture taking in the snow and ice today, and I decided to take her over to the place where I saw the Red-​tailed Hawk and the Killdeer.

There it was… a type of bird that I was not famil­iar with — long thin beak, striped body, white belly, and brown­ish tail feath­ers. After shoot­ing a few pics, we went over to my par­ents where we got some cocoa and had a look at their bird book. There it was… a Wilson’s Snipe. The DO exist after all!

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A Christmas Past

Published
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Michael Comfort
on December 19, 2008
in Long ago & far away
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Left to right: Ricky, Kenny, Mikey, and Denny (as we were called back then!)

This is a draw­ing I made at Christ­mas­time twenty years ago (1988). It is from a pic­ture of my three broth­ers and I, taken over forty years ago (1966 or 67?) in the jungle town of Caranavi, Bolivia.

I am thank­ful this Christ­mas season for the many fond mem­o­ries I have of good times with these three guys. (And, of course, my par­ents too!)