{"id":14164,"date":"2013-06-24T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=14164"},"modified":"2013-06-24T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T04:35:00","slug":"whats-in-my-yard-and-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/24\/whats-in-my-yard-and-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in my yard and the weekend."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well I have been home for a week or so and trying my best to get some <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>yard<\/strong> work caught up\u2026 you know, mowing and trimming and other stuff\u2026 While mowing I bumped the sparrow trap that I had not but \u201cbait\u201d in or done anything with since early spring so I figured I better get it set to capture the new hatch of <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>sparrows<\/strong> in the area\u2026 The new ones are generally pretty stupid about such things and easily caught.&#160; Well&#160; 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It\u2019s jaws were still out of place when it attempted to get out through the mesh and now it was hung up.&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3999.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3999\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3999\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3999_thumb.jpg?resize=452%2C521\" width=\"452\" height=\"521\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sorry but this snake didn\u2019t survive the extraction process\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>oh well, two <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>sparrows<\/strong> eliminated anyway\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The other night was supposed to be a big moon special\u2026 It was here\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3992.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3992\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3992\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3992_thumb.jpg?resize=485%2C365\" width=\"485\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pretty damn big don\u2019t you think?&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Actually had a little zoom on that <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> and this was how it looked normal..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3995.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3995\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3995\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3995_thumb.jpg?resize=489%2C368\" width=\"489\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Since it was World Team Trials for wrestling, and we had tickets, we went to the evening sessions.&#160; interesting as it is different than NCAA wrestling, and moves a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> faster\u2026 we did ok\u2026 got <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>one<\/strong> on the Senior men\u2019s <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>team<\/strong> and two on the Junior men\u2019s Free Style for 2013\u2026 A couple of the ones we figured to make the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>team<\/strong> didn\u2019t due to injury or ? 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width=\"487\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Baldwin\">Mr. William Baldwin\u2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Beyond all that activity I have just been working on the yard\u2026 Got a new edger today and worked it out\u2026 rather it worked me out\u2026 I have a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of concrete edge!<\/p>\n<p>I have also noticed some late bloomers here\u2026 I thought most of the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>birds<\/strong> had finished up the nesting but <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>guess<\/strong> not\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_4001.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_4001\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4001\" 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