The Evening Blues - 10-6-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 10/06/2026 - 4:35pm
A bushel of bombs
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 10/06/2026 - 10:04am
Good morning everyone.
Finished up harvesting the last row of potatoes Sunday. Between the two 50' rows I would estimate three bushels of spuds.
Probably a bushel of corn, 2 bushels of tomatoes, and a bushel of onions so far this year.
The Evening Blues - 10-5-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 10/05/2026 - 3:41pm
10/05 Open Thread - World Teachers' Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 10/05/2026 - 5:00am
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~~ Raphael - School of Athens
Two East Asian films
Submitted by soryang on Sun, 10/04/2026 - 10:14pmThe Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 10/04/2026 - 6:28am
To the Beach and Back
We're down at Fort Morgan beach near the mouth of Mobile Bay. Fort Morgan is a masonry fort built between 1819 and 1833. Standing guard where the Mobile Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico, the fort played a significant role in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864 when Farragut said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead". The Fort is the site of the fall bird banding. Last spring we were across the bay on Dauphin Island for the bird banding. North of the bay is the Tensaw Delta where birds feed before the long flight over the gulf. We stay on the lovely white sand beach on the border of the Bon Secour refuge with miles of undeveloped beach.
Album of the Week 10-3-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 10/03/2026 - 3:00pmAfternoon folks!
This week we start off with 2 albums of Chicago blues from different generations. Starting off is a fine live album from harmonica player Junior Wells backed by Buddy Guy and following that is an album from piano player Little Brother Montgomery showing you how he saw the Chicago blues. Moving on, we have a compilation album of blues guitarist Scrapper Blackwell recordings and then we get modern again with an album from Catfish Hodge. We finish off with an album worth checking out from NRBQ, it has some pretty great tunes on it.
Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!
Saturday Open Thread - 10/3/26: Odds and Ends
Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 10/03/2026 - 7:00amGood morning, good people! I hope this OT finds you all in fine fettle.
A PSA you might find interesting:
For your entertainment, Miriam Makeba
Submitted by janis b on Sat, 10/03/2026 - 1:54amFriday Night Photos Bakers Dozen Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 10/02/2026 - 5:00pmHappy Friday everyone. Another week on the third rock from the sun as it spins it's way through the cosmos and TPTB haven't annihilated us yet. I'll take that as a plus. What do you take as a plus this week?
Recently, I received life altering news. No, I don't have a terminal illness (thankfully), and no, on the other side of the ledger I didn't win millions of dollars in the lottery either (no such luck, damn it). No, the life altering news is that I found out I'm not a Baby Boomer. I always thought being born in the mid 50's made me a member of the Baby Boomer generation only to find out not long ago that if you were born between 1954 to 1965 you are not a Baby Boomer, but a member of Generation Jones. What the fuck is Generation Jones?! Now that I'm a member of a different generation does that mean that I should like a whole different type of music and champion different political causes and social issues? I'm so confused. No longer a Boomer and knowing nothing about Gen Jones, I feel like a person without a generation. Oh well, no matter what generation I'm a member of, one thing I know for sure - I still love bacon.
How many of you c99ers thought you were a member of the Boomer generation, only to find out now you're not?
A bakers dozen from my visit to La Jolla Cove with the camera club last month.
Children's Pool, La Jolla
