Ride 2 - Autumn Ridge Bridge Trail in Heistand Park. 4/17/26 dwm  Madison is considered a bike-friendly community. One reason are the several pedestrian/bicycle bridges ...

There are quite a few bridges made just for walkers and cyclists in Madison. Now there's one more. The Autumn Ridge bridge crosses U.S. Highway 30 and opened a week ago. #MadisonBiking #Biking dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/ride...

Tour the Great Lakes One of my favorites from the Ohio shoreline. 10/6/2025 dwm              The first lighthouse I photographed was the Cana Island light in Doo...

After adding five lighthouses from Illinois to my collection, I recently updated my version of a tour of the Great Lakes lighthouses I've seen, so far. #GreatLakesLighthouses #GreatLakes #Lighthouse dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/tour...

My Week that Was - April 18 American White Pelicans. 4/11/2026 dwm After breakfast at Prairie Cafe and some jobs around home, I headed out on the first ride of the year...

A flock, or three, of Pelicans were in town this past week; 78 tornado warnings in Wisconsin this week; and a warm weather ride... all part of my week that was. #MyWeekThatWas dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-w...

My Week that Was - April 18 American White Pelicans. 4/11/2026 dwm After breakfast at Prairie Cafe and some jobs around home, I headed out on the first ride of the year...

A flock, or three, of Pelicans were in town this past week; 78 tornado warnings in Wisconsin this week; and a warm weather ride... all part of my week that was. #MyWeekThatWas dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-w...

Hail to the Bean Counters! internet image April 16 is the perfect day to recognize the people we rely on for advice when it comes to our finances or wading through our...

If you're glad to have your taxes done, there's a good chance you have a bean-counter to thank. They are good planners too, as National Bean Counter Day is after tax day. #BeanCounterDay #BeanCounters dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/hail...

Sky Gazing The sky over Verona. 5/21/2021 dwm   If we're looking at our phones all the time, it is very unlikely we are looking up at the sky.  This is...

Tonight, people around here are watching the sky looking for storms; when the clouds clear hopefully they'll look to the sky for their imagination. #LookUpInTheSkyDay dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/sky-...

Ride 1 - Pelicans Pelicans on Lake Waubesa. 4/11/2026 dwm  It wasn't the best day for a ride, but I had missed a number of perfect days over the last month, s...

The first ride of the season was on the chilly side, but there were some cool things to see and there's the whole matter of putting miles under the tires. It's bike season now! #BikeMadison dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/ride...

My Week that Was - April 11 We watched the movie on Amazon Prime. I felt better Saturday morning than the day before, and a lot better than I did on Thursday. I was hun...

Getting better, voting for judges, and getting crowned... all part of #MyWeekThatWas dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-w...

Ohio Covered Bridges - Doyle Doyle, Jefferson, Ohio. 10/6/2026 dwm photo The Doyle Road Covered Bridge is the last Ashtabula County bridge we visited in the fall of 2025...

The last covered bridge, for a while, is the Doyle bridge outside Jefferson, Ohio. Thanks for coming along for the ride, if you've missed some check out the Covered Bridges collection. #VisitOhio #CoveredBridges dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/ohio...

Book Review - Married to the Foreign Service Recommended. 4/4/26 dwm   It's unusual to have a book connection. This book came to my attention at work a few weeks ago.   I'm a few steps ...

I'm a few steps away from really knowing the author and her family, but am familiar enough for the story to mean more than it would otherwise. #MarriedtotheForeignService dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/book...

Happy Easter Camp Lakeview, Indiana. 10/9/2011 dwm The first Easter morning...   Luke 24: 1 - 11 (Bible.com) On the first day of the week, very early in ...

A day when finding nothing there was a very wonderful thing. #HappyEaster dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/happ...

My Week that Was - April 4 Breakfast at Hubbard Ave. Diner. 3/28/26 dwm  We started the week with breakfast at the Hubbard Avenue Diner in nearby Middleton. It's one o...

Breakfast in a diner; ballgames; fresh flowers; and using sick days -- all part of my week that was. #MyWeekThatWas dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-w...

Ohio Covered Bridges - Giddings Giddings, Jefferson , Ohio. 10/6/2026 dwm  The Giddings is another member of the modern covered bridge. It's just 3-and-a-half miles northea...

It's the penultimate week of the 2025 batch of covered bridges - the Giddings Bridge was thanks to the Ohio DOT. #VisitOhio #DOTOhio #CoveredBridges dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/04/ohio...

Yep, It's Busted No Team left. 3/29/2026 dwm It took a last-second three-point shot by the Connecticut Huskies to remove the only team I still had in my 2026...

For a moment during the first round, I thought I had something in my bracket, but by the end of the first four games in the round of 64, my bracket broke, it was completely busted Sunday. #MyBracketisBusted dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/yep-...

Fearless Forecast - Milwaukee Brewers The Brewer logo. internet image  My first 'win' of the Brewer season came off the field. I learned on opening day that most of their season ...

It seems like a good idea to post my forecast on how the Brewers will do this year after they make up a five-run deficit in the 8th inning. #Brewers #BrewCrew #GoBrewers dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/fear...

My Week that Was - March 28 Crocus close to blooming. 3/26/26 dwm Saturday and Sunday were quiet, although I did manage to clean and tidy the home office, which turned ...

The last week was mostly about college basketball but there was a large rafter of turkeys on the loose and a new laptop on order. All part of #MyWeekThatWas dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-w...

Ohio Covered Bridges - Netcher Netcher, Jefferson,Ohio. 10/6/2026 dwm The Netcher Covered Bridge was the second of seven modern, yet historic, covered bridges in Ashtabul...

It's not historically old but the Netcher bridge outside Jefferson, Ohio, looks the part. It's one of seven authentic bridges of more recent vintage. #VisitOhio #OhioCoveredBridges #VisitAshtabula dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/ohio...

A Broken Not Fully Busted Bracket My bracket after 2 Rounds. 3/23/2026 dwm My bracket didn't break when the first game of the first round finished. Not at all, it was the fou...

There are quite a few teams I lost during the first weekend of the tournament, but the bracket isn't completely busted... yet. This weekend will tell the story. #BrokenBracket #MarchMadness dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-br...

A Broken Not Fully Busted Bracket My bracket after 2 Rounds. 3/23/2026 dwm My bracket didn't break when the first game of the first round finished. Not at all, it was the fou...

There are quite a few teams I lost during the first weekend of the tournament, but the bracket isn't completely busted... yet. This weekend will tell the story. #BrokenBracket #MarchMadness dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-br...

Caps & Hats Most of my hats. 3/21/26 dwm   "A lot" is a relative term. A friend of mine has 10 hats. I have 10 times that many, so by comparison, I have...

Picking up a few things led to picking up more things and in short order, I was re-organizing the hats in my home office. It's not a small collection, but I'm not sure if it's a lot. #Hats #Collections #BallCaps dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/caps...

My Week that Was - March 21 Waiting, 12:00 pm 3/15/26 dwm  The storm watches and warning were crawling across television screens starting Thursday, March 12, warning pe...

A week ago, folks in much of Wisconsin were waiting for a big winter storm. It was a big deal, but thanks to the arrival of spring and warm weather, most of the snow is gone. #MyWeekThatWas started with weather and ended with brackets. #Brackets dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-w...

Celebrate the Spring Equinox A small bunch of Snow Drops. 3/9/2026 dwm Winter went out like a lion earlier this week as a blizzard dumped upwards of two-feet of snow acr...

Less than a week after a historic snow storm dropped more than a couple feet of white stuff over much of Wisconsin, it's spring! #ThatSoundsLikeWisconsin #SpringEquinox dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/cele...

Ohio Covered Bridges - South Denmark South Denmark, Jefferson , Ohio. 10/6/2025 dwm photo  The South Denmark bridge outside Jefferson in Ashtabula County hasn't provided a cro...

The South Denmark Bridge near Jefferson, Ohio has a quilt on the wall facing north, but is otherwise low-key in its park-like setting. The 1895 bridge is one of four in this area of Ashtabula County. #OhioCoveredBridges #VisitOhio #VisitAshtabula dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/ohio...

Bucky is Dancing in Brackets Internet image of Indy's logo. Wisconsin earned a 5th seed in the West Region where they will play High Point University. The Panthers are c...

Here's my bracket. I don't suggest using it as betting advice, but you are welcome to check out the 12 - 5 match-ups. #OnWisconsin #2026MarchMadness #Brackets dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/buck...

Illinois Lighthouses - Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall The SE Harbor Guidewall light from the hotel. 2/22/26 dwm  I couldn't see the Harbor Guidewall Lighthouse from my hotel room, but it was in ...

The last addition to Illinois lights I've seen is the pier-head light in the Chicago Harbor which directs boats through the the lock into the Chicago River. #ChicagoHarbor #VisitChicago #Lighthouses dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/illi...

My Week that Was - March 14 A Golden Nest . 3/7/2026 dwm When the clock moved past midnight into the wee hours of Saturday, March 7, the expectation of people paid to p...

We had breakfast at a new place. I saw a snow drop bloom. Then I broke something in my mouth and saw an accident in an adjacent lane. Quite enough for #MyWeekthatWas dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-w...

Ohio Covered Bridges - Creek Road The Creek Bridge. 10/6/2026 dwm photo  The Creek Road Covered Bridge crosses Conneaut Creek between two bluffs that create a 25-foot gap bet...

The Creek Road Bridge has an undetermined build date, but it's been around at least 125 years. Take a look at the beauty over Conneaut Creek. #VisitOhio #VisitAshtabula #CoveredBridges dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/ohio...

Taste of Chicago - Lou Malnati's Tour boats on the Chicago River . 2/24/2026 dwm  The second day of the conference we were on our own for dinner, so most people take advanta...

There was another restaurant I wanted to visit so I could get my first taste of a genuine Chicago style deep-dish pizza from #LouMalnatis #ChicagoPizza #VisitChicago dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/tast...

Illinois Lighthouses - Chicago Harbor Chicago Harbor Lighthouse . 2/23/2026 dwm photo Chicago was a city of 40,000 in the 1830s when the city's first conventional lighthouse was ...

It stands at the end of a breakwater off Navy Pier, still guiding ships in and out of the Chicago Harbor. The lighthouse is battered, but still stands proud. #ChicagoHarborLighthouse #NavyPier dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/illi...

My Week that Was - March 7 Heavy snow fell for 60 minutes. 2/28/2026 dwm  The last day of February provided a small and short-lived reminder that winter wasn't over.  ...

We saw several seasons over the course of this week, which also happened to be seven days of appreciating employees, and more in #MyWeekthatWas dwmossner.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-w...