All posts by Scott von Berg

May 04, 2021 at 11:18AM

#swampwalk quarantine isolation day 417 (t-minus 3 days to antibodies)

Hot today, this morning it was feeling like the mid 80sF.

#bogsafari- saw WR bringing home another sweet short term corgi foster. We chatted at range for a few minutes. Other critters seen were a few distant pedestrians with dogs. Once in the swamp proper, there was a host of insects and songbirds. Hopefully the latter will keep the former in reasonable numbers. Leaf cover is dandy for shade but is to the point where it cuts wind considerably.

Looks like the pothead kids left some trash behind. I recognize the drink bottles and they are right where they were sitting last time I saw them. I should bring a garbage bag on my next walk, along with a nail on a stick. I am disappointed, not because they were smoking weed in the woods, but littering doesnt cut it. https://bit.ly/3nTVfc0 https://bit.ly/3nMQPTZ

May 04, 2021 at 03:37AM

If the Imperial ground forces were to make their way up the Chesapeake Bay, we’d be out of luck. With AT-AT’s standing 74 feet tall and the average depth of the Bay being only 21 feet, they’d be able to get around! If a stormtrooper were 6 feet tall, they alone would be able to wade through more than 700,000 acres of the Bay and never get their helmet wet. BUT if we want to lure the AT-AT into a trap, we just have to get it southeast of Annapolis near Bloody Point, where “The Hole” and is 174 feet deep. Happy #StarWars Day everyone! #MayTheFourth be with you! #SaveTheBay
📷: Bay photo by Megan Hannon, AT-AT photo from Disney/Lucasfilm https://instagr.am/p/COcWJY7AaUi/


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May 03, 2021 at 03:03PM

Old Adventurer – part of #battletribes

I got this guy in a purchase of a used lot, and would love to get my hands on a complete set of heads and weapons. (Even if it meant getting doubles of the pieces shown here)

This is, to my knowledge, the first time a glyos figure had “weathering” on the weapon and shield. I certainly enjoy having a figure with gray beard and hair, not the cool factor of an eye scar.

#modulartoys #Toyphotography #glyos #onelldesign #spymonkeycreations #fantasyhero #barbarian https://instagr.am/p/COa_71hA-h-/


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April 30, 2021 at 11:30AM

#swampwalk quarantine isolation day 413 (1 year, 1 month, 17 days)

So strange to think we haven’t dined out, gone inside of a store (save for twice to a Walmart for vaccinations), or really anywhere except our house or an occasional visit to the post office.

Weather was lovely at 66F and extra nice in the breezy shade of the outer edge of the swamp.

#bogsafari critter counts are – first and foremost, three kids/teenagers sitting across from one another smoking weed and drinking sodas. I gave a courtesy wave and they were friendly. One remarked that it was a place to go and chill out, and I agreed that it was a great spot. He liked my walking stick and told them to have a nice day. They didn’t seem worried or upset, otherwise I would have given them an even wider berth.

Lots of birds in the trees, but the ground animals were scarce.

The smell of pot smoke by the water reminds me a little bit of the used bookstore in key west when I was a kid. I remember my grandfather saying that “it smells like a friggin’ hershey factory in here” and I wonder today if he was referring to candy bars (as I have thought all these years) or if it was one of his weird racist remarks that went over my head at the time. Either way, it was a good place to buy comic books as an 8 year old, and to read them in the restaurant next door while he had a coffee.

#streamofthought #grandpa #walkabout #memories https://instagr.am/p/COS5LGqg9bG/


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