Fandango’s Provocative Question #109 From Fandango comes this question with which I’ve been wrestling for some months and to which I really don’t have answers. Just more questions. “I don’t know about you, but I typically spend about four to seven… Read More ›
Month: February 2021
PORTABLE POTTIES AND THE WHEELS ON OLD CARS
CMMC – February Pick a Topic from my Photo Some of the pictures I take seem really strange when I take them, but sooner or later, everything becomes useful. I feel that way about every kind of learning too. Whatever you… Read More ›
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FOTD – February 18 – Mums I love mums. They are the flower that you plant in August and will bloom right through Thanksgiving — if you are a bit lucky with the weather. These are all mums I got in… Read More ›
CFFC: READ, RED, OR REED? LET’S GO WITH RED THIS TIME!
CFFC: Reed, Read or Red (Continues) Last time reeds. This time, red. Between birds and autumn, there’s a lot of red going around New England. I tried to find a “blend” of different kinds of items. The birds alone could have… Read More ›
THE BLUE AND THE GREEN AND THE COLORS THAT LIE BETWEEN
CMMC – February Color – Blue-Greens Blue green is a better color for water in the west than it is here. I’ve heard it explain more than once, but I keep forgetting. It has something to do with sky color and… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING ROLLS AROUND AGAIN
Share Your World 2-17-2021 To say that this has been a confusing times doesn’t even come close to reality. In the period since lockdown which took place the day after my last birthday on March 12, 2020, an awful lot… Read More ›
LAST DAY OF THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT
I had to take a few more pictures today. Proving that the birds don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, some of the migrants are returning. A couple of Carolina Wrens. Two brightly red-headed House Finches… Read More ›
ALL WE DID IS BAKE. BREAD.
We had company. It has been a long time since we had company, but it was the granddaughter and the daughter in law and my son’s friend and us. Yes, I know, I know, but we’ve been so isolated for… Read More ›
THE HAPPIEST CHICKADEE
I did some counting for the Great Backyard Bird Count today. I also took a few pictures late in the day. I didn’t go through all of them yet, but I found two absolutely adorable Chickadee pictures. Of all our… Read More ›
THE DISHONEST JURY – RICH PASCHALL
After debacle 2 and Impeachment Redux, you really have to wonder if the Republicans are even Americans, much less patriots, anymore. I think it’s a realistic question at this point.
IT ENDED AS IT BEGAN: THE T@%$# IMPEACHMENT REDUX
I wish that T&%$# Impeachment II had ended with a surprise, but it didn’t. It ended better than I thought it would. The really most frustrating moment was Mitch McConnell’s diatribe against T&%$# after the trial. Basically, the jury, aka… Read More ›
A SPECIAL WEEKEND OF BIRDS
This weekend, all the “birding groups” from Cornell Ornithological through Audubon are doing a four day birding experience titled “The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).” It’s done in February because it precedes the first (earliest) bird migrations and give all… Read More ›