Well, it’s been one heck of a ride! But after the remarkable sixth seed playoff run and SuperBowl XLV win and going another 13 games undefeated, one loss to Kansas City and then a second string win over the Lions to cap the season, the wheels fell off last night.

There's No Crying In Football!

What a let down! The Packer’s arrived on their home field to take on the rival New York Giants and after a hard earned bye and with all their top starters in tact, they quickly began to crumble before our eyes. The loss was marked by an incredible 4 fumble turnovers (honestly should have been 5) and 8 dropped passes. It’s almost as if by script, the Falcons, Saints and Packers all lost by turning the ball over much more than they normally would.  The haters are out in full force today, gloating over the misery of the entire Packer Nation. So how do we deal with Football Depression? Usually we’d recommended drinking heavily, but that’s no solution…

Here’s our 7 steps to quick recovery after a season ending loss:

1. Remember it’s only a game, but if ya gotta let it out, let it out big fella!
2. Remember, 32 teams fight for the coveted Lombardi Trophy, all but 1 team will enjoy that success.
3. Get back to normal life. Put away the jerseys and the decorations.
4. Start an activity to take your mind off football, read a new book, enjoy another sport, start a diet or start working out.
5. Don’t dwell on the loss, it’s part of the game.
6.  Ignore juvenile remarks from gloaters or haters from other teams who think their words mean anything.
7. Start looking forward to next year by building your own Home Bar!

Finally, if you are a true Packer fan or even a bandwagon fan, remember that Green Bay has their four Lombardi Trophies safe and on display at the Packer Hall of Fame. Take a trip there soon to soak up the everlasting glory.

You may have some other way to get over the depressing days following a season ending loss, please feel free to share.

Finally – Good Luck to the final four New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49er’s and New York Giants.
Three of those four teams will soon be here, crying in their beer along with the other 31 NFL team fans.

Hummingbird webcam. Click the arrow to watch a time lapse video of the past 24 hours of activity. Notice the feeder fluid level drop as these combative little pilots fight for feeder supremacy all day long. Use the time lapse recording library to check out the entire summer.

Of course the females all get along, but the males are constantly starting fights.
Observation as of March 14 2011:
Four Females – Two males – a half dozen marauding Orioles.
March 15th: Replaced four hole feeder withe a six hole feeder. Moved four hole’r around the corner. Orioles are a major pest to the hummingbird feeders!
March 18th – many of the hummers have moved on…now it’s down to one pair. Have finally appeased the Orioles with grape jelly.
August 15th – we’ve had about three or four pairs and their broods feeding all summer. So far, we’ve gone through over 5lbs of sugar! One day we counted 13 at one feeder.
August  – September – sorry camera was down – needs to be reconfigured.
You’ve been getting the Kelly Lake East camera feed by default.

September 10th – as of yesterday the flock flew south. Went through 20 lbs of sugar and about a dozen jars of grape jelly through this summer.

September 18th – over the past week, we’ve seen a few migrating hummers passing through, even with night time temps in the low 30′s.
We’ll keep the feeders up for a few more weeks for any stragglers or until it freezes.

Click here to view the full webcam time lapse history.

Check our other webcams at Kelly Lake East and Kelly Lake West.