Bright eyes and bushy tails – #BrightSquare
Animals
A VERY SMALL CHIPMUNK
We used to have big fat chittering chipmunks everywhere on the property. They were about the size of a small squirrel. Meanwhile, in the same woods, there is a very small version of the bigger chipmunks. Our new ones really… Read More ›
PHOTOGRAPHS. HOME-STYLE.
Today was another cold day and right now, for the first time this month, it’s raining. That should at least get rid of the rest of the ice in our yard and maybe put a bit of water in our… Read More ›
IT WAS A WOODPECKING DAY WITH A HINT OF SQUIRREL
At the gathering of the woodpeckers, a lady Cardinal dropped by. She seemed unfazed by the larger, long beaked birds. She just ate her seeds and ignored the big, rather flashy Hairy Woodpecker — who was, after all, a girl… Read More ›
BABY SQUIRREL
It must be spring because the babies are here. Little tiny finches and miniature Nuthatches. I haven’t seen any baby Blue Jays, but I’m sure I will. I know the Cardinals have babies later in the season because I have… Read More ›
AN EARLY SQUIRREL
It was March 1st, the first day of meteorological spring and this squirrel showed up for an early breakfast. He has since showed up for a late dinner, a second early breakfast which was followed by staying in the feeder… Read More ›
#CBWC – TWO OF A KIND IN BLACK & WHITE
Any two of a kind are a pair. So many pairs. Boots and shoes. Slippers and sandals. Birds and cows and horses. We are mated in pairs for a season or for a lifetime. Doubled up, we can feel safe… Read More ›
AN INJURED SQUIRREL GETS A GOOD FEED
This isn’t the first injured squirrel I’ve had spend a lot of time in the feeder. Sometimes, I think they managed to escape a hawk or some other larger predator. But squirrels fight each other too as do most other… Read More ›
WHAT’S A POOR DOG TO DO?
“Squirrels! Why did it have to be squirrels? I see them. I bark frantically. I try to get through the door, but I know I can’t, so I race out through the doggy door, but I can never get one…. Read More ›
A PEOPLIZED WORLD
Once upon a time — not all that long ago — most of North American was “open” space. There was room for predators. Room for herds of antelope, bison, deer and elk. Wild goats lived in the mountains with mountain… Read More ›
GETTING READY FOR BED AS WE ROLL INTO THE WINTER SOLSTICE
Garry goes to bed before me because he likes to settle into bed and watch (using headphones) old black & white classic movies — and westerns. Crime movies. The stuff I’m not usually interested in watching. This is fine because… Read More ›
THE VERY FATTEST SQUIRREL
We escaped the snow that hit most of the rest of New England. We’re right on the edge of many storms. They pass us closely, just a few miles away. But when Hurricane Sandy devastated this area, the storm passed… Read More ›
