Got our game in at Delphos Jefferson yesterday,
sunny and pleasant...only the 4th time I've worn a short sleeve shirt in over 30
games umpired this season. I did the plate(as usual) as Jefferson came from
behind to defeat visiting Kenton 3-2. Tonight, if the rain/storms hold off, I
will be over at Elida for a game between the Bulldogs and Paulding Panthers.
Tomorrow afternoon off to Bellefontaine for a game before the Michigan
trip....some make-up league games scheduled when I get back. No Regional or
State game this year, marking the first time in the past 3 years I have not been
involved past District level. That's OK...I just wish they would give some
younger guys, who are worthy, some Regional and State games, instead of some of
these recycled old farts my age...who can neither see or move well enough to
work a high level. The politics has been old for years, and it just doesn't
change...if being honest, causes me to get clipped out of future final weekend
games, so be it. The truth is the truth, and the state powers that be, wonder
why younger officials and umpires drop out or move onto college
officiating?....it's called the "Good Ol' Boy" system, and it is stinks...being
around a long time doesn't make you worthy or qualified to do a Regional or
State Final. It shouldn't disqualify you either...if you keep yourself in good
shape, and actually move around the diamond to get into position to make a
correct call....
but enough of that rant!Michigan Mushroom
Hunting____
Thursday morning Rick, his sons, Clay and Guy,
and our old college buddy Clint, take off for Michigan...Boyne City is the
location, and the annual Mushroom hunt and Boyne City Mushroom Festival are on
the agenda....we should return Sunday or
Monday.....I have missed the last two trips,
because of District Baseball...this year I blocked out this weekend and days
leading to it...plus we are leaving about a week or 10 days earlier...hopeful of
some better luck. 2007 and 2008 were great, when we camped in Mesick, the past
2 years have been dry, and we have now moved the camp some 35 miles north. The
weather looks wet, but seasonable for upper lower Michigan in mid-May....will
have photos and details/results when I return. I also will finally get to meet
my cousin Moe Houseworth in person, if all goes well...Moe, who I met through
Genealogy Research, lives not far from Boyne City, and will be there for the
weekend festival...so we plan on a little "family
reunion"....
Yesterday, after our MRSI Board Meeting, I
finally got out and planted a number of Sunflower and other seeds....with the
wet weather and the cold, I held off, but the results, hopefully we equal the
past two season...or perhaps be even better....time will tell.
Chores to
take care of....one more blog post tomorrow before I head north...
back
later>>>>
Photos-Michigan Morel Mushrooms...and Rick,
Clint, and PRH, on our last hunt that all 3 of us attended, 2008 near
Mesick...now being 30 pound less, maybe I can outrun the younger guys in finding
the elusive Morels....maybe?
Mom returned from Florida along with brother Mike on Sunday....just in time to enjoy Ohio Spring Weather.....well maybe, not so much!
2 comments:
crazy. I would give up a left n-
- for a skillet full of those mushrooms. I havn't found any place they grow here in Wyoming. Too dam cold. I was raised in Maryland and hunted schroons until we took vacation in Asia, ha.
You know I would pay for overnight delivery for schroons. Take care. duckworthron@hotmail.com
But we still enjoy it!!