Scott Whitmore
@scottwhitmore
Middling novelist. Reader. Book reviewer. Observer of life. Former sports journalist. U.S. Navy retired.
Ceyomur Game Camera Pro. That's actually the older of the two in the backyard, the newer one is a Ceyomur CY 75 and picture is better. I should probably switch them around.
Going to try to post the video of today's coyote visitor. Haven't had success in the past with blue sky in my videos but here we go
Good morning, coyote. This is the limping coyote captured on trail cameras a couple days ago. Front left paw or leg is injured.
Downloaded the 3rd trail camera and it *was* two coyotes. The one in the foreground was limping; note left front leg raised.
May be the same or another coyote. This is a few minutes earlier and this one was limping whereas the first pictured coyote wasn't.
Coyote sighting in our backyard; been a couple months since we've seen one.
This 'brilliant' #sarcasm excerpt from the county voters' pamphlet for the August 2026 election is part of the "argument against" an upcoming library levy proposal. I mean ... why shouldn't we all just surf the internet for our entertainment? Or pay streaming services? Or make our own slop? JFC.
Me, Senior Chief cook & mess decks master at arms on the mess decks waiting for the admiral in charge of the Japanese Maritime Defense Force. Right before this Senior Chief asked me if we should bow & I told him no, we'd been told if that was required. Of course he panicked & started bowing!
Last one, I promise. Got these for the ship's store and Precomm CO loved them SO much he authorized them for wear in uniform on board. Basically every member of the crew had one of these, and wore it. Huge driver of profits for ship's store as many (like me) also bought for their dads, brothers
I was never even issued one of the blue foul weather jackets because before they came out the CO (later a 3-star) had my predecessor procure flight jackets for him/xo/department heads. Suppo knew I was going to follow him in the job so he ordered one for me, too. Wore it all the time ...
From today's check of the trail cameras. Been seeing this particular deer around the neighborhood quite frequently of late
New profile pic alert ... 60 lbs lighter than last Dec. but with even more gray in the beard
People have died beyond here. The environment is forever changing. Your awareness and decisions can be the difference between life and death. This area not patrolled on a regular basis. US Forest Service sign carved into a rock on the trail to the Big Four Ice Caves in Washington State.
Went to the big four ice caves today. Beautiful, short hike. Amazing.
Completely forgot that we got these triangular plaques when did DDG51 was commissioned
Show a little respect? They're so used to being coddled by Faux News & the right wing media ... They truly have no idea how journalism is supposed to work. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Lila just snored so loud it startled me. Poor puppy missing her morning walk because it's only just above freezing (and snowing/raining but she's ok with *that*)
Went a long time between sightings of coyotes in our backyard until last night when two passed through. Last time we captured a coyote was end of November.
At one point on the other Social media site (the bad place) I asked if you would sign this and I think you agreed but I didn't follow thru.
Lila lays near the tree, patiently waiting for her human to finish with the gifts so she can get her morning walk.
Our power came back on after noon yesterday after being out for about 10 hours. Looking at the outage map today it's clear we were fortunate the repair was completed so quick ... About 13,000 still in the dark today, including nearly all of nearby Camano Island.
I'm not getting involved in the debate, just saying this is my main contribution to tomorrow.