BIRD WEEKLY – PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS ON A WIRE OR A FENCE Oh happy day! There’s a railing around my deck and the birds sometime stand on it. And, I sometimes get a picture of them standing on it!
Month: January 2021
A BOUNTIFUL LIFE- By RICH PASCHALL
A short story of gratefulness from Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog Max had to get an early start on Monday. Three times a month it was the most important day of the week and he did not want to be… Read More ›
SATURDAY’S BIRD
Saturday’s bird is an odd-looking Cardinal I took some shots in the morning and decided to wait until the afternoon for the rest of the pictures because of the sun’s morning glare. Naturally, by the time I realized I should… Read More ›
STILL SEARCHING
In the list of best vaccinating sites, Massachusetts is number 53, right after Tennessee. That’s way after Alaska and American Samoa. Far back beyond West Virginia and Connecticut. I spent most of the day — nearly all of the day… Read More ›
UPPER CRUSTS
UPPER CRUST AS THE BIRD FLIES Alas, I have bread, but not square. And so I think we shall return to the birds … feathered birds this time.
SEEKING COVID VACCINATION
We really hoped that — if nothing else — the change in administration would give us a break from hating the news. I was deluded. These days, it’s the advice that’s killing me. Suggesting we use daily hospital grade masks…. Read More ›
UP UP AND AWAY ON A BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY
Still time to go up, up and away It’s a little museum on a private property. It contains many of the pieces used by the Tuskegee Airmen as well as a few airplanes that they maintain and fly. This day was… Read More ›
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? DRIP BY DRIP, DROP BY DROP.
When what you believe cannot be proved using evidence which is not opinion, you know nothing. When the basis of your opinion — and beliefs — are lies, you know less than nothing. Political lies and corruption have always been… Read More ›
FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #106 – WHAT YOU SAY VS HOW YOU SAY IT?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #106: What you say vs. How you say it Obviously it’s important what you write about because if there’s no content, no one will bother to read it no matter how brilliantly you write. On the other hand,… Read More ›
AN UPLIFTED CHICKADEE
Generating Uplift The Chickadee in the upper left side of this picture looks like he is suspended in the air — or sitting on the wind.
SQUARELY IN THE SNOW
Squaring Up for the Photograph So I was sitting in the living room gazing out the window and I realized “Hey, wait a minute. That looks like snow!” Sure enough. Snow. Since Garry already had his shoes and coat on,… Read More ›
THE MURDER OF CROWS
That morning, Garry ran into the kitchen from the bathroom and said “Something’s going on out there with crows!” Crows? We’ve lived here for twenty years and I’ve never seen a crow, not even a fish crow and certainly not… Read More ›
CAME THE CORIANDER
The container of ground coriander arrived this morning. That was the moment when I realized there was no more room for anything in the kitchen. There was barely room for me. When there are two of us in there, maneuvering… Read More ›
HERALDING SPRING: CROCUSES
FOTD – January 27 – Crocus It has been snowing all day and it’s supposed to snow all night, though we aren’t supposed to get a lot of snow. That we are apparently saving for next week when they think we’re… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD – IT’S ALL ABOUT FRUSTRATION
SHARING MY WORLD — 1/26/2021 I’m not writing. I’m taking a vacation. Except I am writing because I’m so mad at my state’s government, I want to go and bang a couple of their heads together. One of them has… Read More ›
UPSTANDING!
UPSTANDING AND STANDING UP Upstanding. Is that the same as standing up? Here are three upstanding birds. From very big to much smaller. All standing up and upstanding.
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 