We had family over today for a cookout and some swimming. The temperature was mid 80's with a fairly high level of humidity. A good day for a swim. I had been watering the front lawn prior to everyone's arrival dispite the fact that rain was a...

Seeing that I needed to do something about the bees living in my front yard I logged into my Homepages Friends account and searched for ways to eradicate the bee infestation. Side note about Homepages Friends: This is a way to earn money by doing...

Well the buckets sprayed with bee killer seems to have done the trick. There were a bunch of dead bees around the entrances and I am hoping that some bees that had been coated with the poison returned to the underground core of the hive to spread the...

As with every other year Labor Day is the bookend to summer in Michigan. The season of Michigan's beach bums has expired. Truly a sad day for me because I know a long cold winter will keep me from the beach. Labor Day brings what is usually the final...

You may have seen advertisements for the Great American Seafoodcook off on the Food Network. It is brought to you by the Louisiana Seafood Promotion Board. I visited the site and reviewed the recipes. Since I'm partial to creole cooking I selected...