Our first attempt at a little video. The flying squirrels are still coming regularly. I am moving the date on this in case you missed it and because I signed up for a youtube account so hopefully you can view it easier.

Stevens Point Brewery is big around here. I have to admit I’ve never tried it, I’m not a beer drinker, just don’t like it. I’ve also never been inside, lol. Point beer is sold all over the state.

I have been wanting to share more about the area I live in for a while now. I’ve been wanting to participate in the Everyday Life Around the World meme for several weeks. Finally I got my ducks together, seems this may be the best way for me to share my neighborhood.

When I read the theme was signs I knew exactly where I wanted to go. I laugh at the beer bottles crossing sign every time I pass it. I think it’s rather unique and I imagine the sign is there because they offer tours and the parking lot is across the street. I live in Wisconsin, beer is a way of life, lol.

On my way back home I was surprised to find so many fallen leaves. It’s only August! Shouldn’t be fall already.

One night I went with hubby to work and when I looked out the motel window I was surprised to see some critters. It appeared to be a petting zoo. There were no signs out front, so it was a surprise. A nice Camel.

A Donkey and Goat.

Peeking through the trees I spied a zebra, in Wisconsin, in the little town of Shawano, downtown, lol.

I had to snap the zebra butt, lol. With a Goose in the background, now come on, that’s funny stuff!

I’m sorry, I don’t know the difference between Alpacas and Llamas, but whatever they are, they amused me.

This fellow decided to stop and relieve himself on the dirty patch of ground, the spot without grass. . .then. . .

The next one did it. . .then. . .

The third one stopped in the same spot, lol.

Watch out Zebra, they’re heading your way!

I was a little surprised to see everyone getting along so well.

Hosted by Cecily

Pig roasts are very popular up here and last month we had the opportunity to shot an Anniversary party that featured one. I had to take photos of the pig, of course.

It was a great party with ballroom dancing afterwards! But the pig has stuck in my mind, lol.

I guess I’m one of those people who don’t like to think of my meat once being alive and seeing the pig laid out in it’s “coffin” was too much for me. I could not eat it, lol. But my husband did and he said it was delicious! Lucky for me they had plenty of other nice food to go around.

See the steam rising?

This guy did all the carving and the pig was hot! He wore these really thick gloves to protect himself from burns I imagine.

It was really interesting to watch him work.

And when he was done, there wasn’t much left on the pig.

I was pretty amazed at all the fat that dripped off too! Ew!

I was a little surprised that no one ate the apple. I guess I assumed it was like the worm in tequila and people would fight over it.

Do you want it?

When I posted the photo of the Helicopter Crop Duster the other day I wasn’t able to share all the images I wanted to so I decided to do another post. They amaze me! Before you ask, this is the morning I just grabbed one of my cameras (as is) as a just in case I saw something. I happened to grab the Canon 50D – my favorite for moving subjects, it’s a sports camera. It happened to have the 70-200mm lens on, as I had been photographing my flying squirrel the previous evening. Now, if I had known what I was going to be shooting I would have grabbed the 100-400mm, but as it is this fellow kept zipping right above our heads.

I wonder what he has in his cooler. See it at his feet?

There he goes again.

He would cross over the road we were on and turn it above the trees next to us. Amazingly close!

I have a photo exactly like this showing the copter in focus but I wanted to include this one because I laugh at the chance that I focused on the power lines! If I had tried to focus on the lines it would have been hard, but I was trying to focus on any part of this quickly moving copter and it just so happened this one shot I got the line, lol. Can you tell that he’s very close to those lines?

Here he comes again! Directly under the power lines sits a sprinkler, that’s what you see in the foreground here, now watch this. . .

He barely cleared it each time! Amazing flying!

I did post about a helicopter crop duster 2 years ago, not sure if it’s the same one.  And like that one, this one did land on a truck to refill, and once again, I missed that shot.  He was on the other side of those trees you see in the background when he did it.

The motel’s way of drumming up business?  Does anyone have a ‘V’ to loan them?