by Steve Ray on April 15, 2013
Last week we were sitting in our bedroom. I was writing and working on e-mails. My wife let out a surprised shout, “Look, a bald Eagle!” I jumped up and tripped over the chair in our room. The eagle was a mature one with bright white head and tail. He sat in our tree for [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 23, 2013
Jesse is in Florida on a short vacation with his wife Anna and their six delightful children (our grandchildren). He writes: We stopped at a well attended visitor spot here in the Everglades. Just behind our van was a big pond. I checked it out and saw no danger, but I stayed close to the [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 9, 2011
Don’t know about where you live — but here in Ann Arbor Michigan it is cold! But Janet and I don’t mind and we’ve been walking to keep in shape and enjoy the outdoors. It snowed last night so it was fun looking at all the track little creatures left in the fresh powdery snow, [...]
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by Steve Ray on August 13, 2010
Janet and I (crazies) laying out in the driveway at 4 AM watching the Perseid Meteor Shower. This year we only saw one but last year a whole bunch way up north where there was no ambient light. Jupiter was very visible and so was the Milky Way. We didn’t stay out long because of [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 2, 2010
Driving 3.5 hours from Sydney south to Canberra. Just saw a “troop” of kangaroos bouncing across a field. God blessed us! How cool! Real kangaroos and they were big ones!
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by Steve Ray on June 22, 2010
Today they were all here and we jumped on the golf cart (the six that can hang on by themselves) and off we went through the country roads for an adventure. In the picture you can see Dominic holding the snake we caught. He was the Keeper of the Snake. Damian was the noble “Keeper [...]
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by Steve Ray on November 21, 2009
We are here at Qumran, the Dead Sea and the place where John the Baptist baptized. John the Baptist ate grasshoppers here (Matthew 3:4). Did Jesus eat them? Why not? It was clean food for the Jews specifically mentioned in the Bible. Leviticus 11:22 says they are “clean” and can be eaten. I promised the [...]
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by Steve Ray on October 14, 2009
The lady at the pet store told me I was a sick individual. I didn’t think so, but then again I am biased and think I’m OK – and my wife tends to agree with me. The whole thing started because of a small hobby of mine. When I was a little boy my dad bought [...]
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by Steve Ray on August 26, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALk1z5euBxI
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by Steve Ray on August 12, 2009
Tonight Janet and I we will be driving far into the country up North in Michigan to watch the Perseid Showers tonight. the farther we get from city lights, the more we’ll see the show. The highlight is August 12th. The best viewing will be right after midnight in the NE sky (in Michigan). A [...]
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by Steve Ray on June 28, 2009
I have always loved watching birds and discovering every sort of animal and creature. Ove the last few years I’ve kept a list of all the birds and other critters I’ve seen. Many of them I encounter on my runs in the morning. Here is the list for those who might be interested.
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by Steve Ray on November 14, 2007
Steve Ray here. My kids and I recently pooled together all of our resources and bought land way out in the country on a river with a forest. My daughter and son-in-law's house is already half built and the rest of our family plans to join them soon. Lord willing, I will semi-retire there with all my [...]
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by Steve Ray on October 2, 2007
I just love grandkids. People joke around saying, "If I had known how fun grandkids would be, I would have had them first!" Today we went to my parents' house to celebrate my older brother's 65th birthday (he's joining the Catholic Church this Easter too!). All my grandkids were there so we went out and had adventures. [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 27, 2007
One of our pleasures we enjoy no matter where we go is looking for new birds, learning their calls and songs, and studying their habits. No matter where we go there are birds. It has been my hobby as long as I can remember and Janet jumped right in too. Our kids were never too [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 24, 2007
Grandkids are cool – little "newbie people" so interested in everything. OK, so we have an old golfcart and I drive the grandkids around exploring. Every two-track back into a field or woods is a "new territory" that needs to be conquered. Every rock has to be turned over, every bug caught and every tree identified. New [...]
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by Steve Ray on April 7, 2006
Our family just pooled all our money and resources to buy 52 acres of fields and forests land way out in the country. My kids and Janet and I closed on the deal last week. We have 2,000 feet of beautiful river meandering through the land and most of the acres are deciduous forest. In [...]
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