All the greens of early summer. Just the right prompt for today, a grey day with tidbits of rain.
Blackstone Valley
BREEDING WOODPECKERS
The dying tree in the backyard is full of birds and nests. Many doves live and nest in the tree. It should also be be no surprise that the dying tree (which has been dying for years) is the home… Read More ›
SUMMER IN THE VALLEY, PHOTOS BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
Garry was looking at his pictures and remarked that his pictures and mine are nearly identical. Well, at least one could be the same picture. I think we were both standing in the same place when we took it. This… Read More ›
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SHARE YOUR WORLD 6-14-2022 I got up this morning and it was beautiful. Shining sun. Warm. Dry. Flowers blooming and birds singing. I looked at myself in the mirror and wondered if I remembered how to put on makeup. I used… Read More ›
FLOWERS AND WATER PLANTS AT RIVER BEND
FOTD – June 14 – River Bend in June It was such a beautiful day today. Garry needed pictures for (potential) bit parts in movies or commercials. He has an itch to interact with a television camera again, though a movie… Read More ›
WHAT’S A WATERSHED?
It’s a good question because unless you live in or near one, the expression doesn’t mean much except “Hey, there’s a lot of water around here!” Obviously that’s true, but there’s a bit more to it than that. As you… Read More ›
BIRDS OF MANY FEATHERS, A SQUIRREL, AND A SNAPPING TURTLE
It’s fun to go back and look and pictures taken just a couple of months ago, notice how the population has changed with the seasons. Right now, the flowers are dominating where I usually take pictures of birds.
GREAT BLUE HERONS
Let’s have our beautiful Great Blue Herons take center stage. Many of these amazing birds make their home in this valley. They live in large groups who nest in trees near the rivers where they fish. Great Blue Herons will… Read More ›
SQUIRRELS
Some of my cuter and more athletic squirrels demanded a viewing, so here they are!
MY BRIEF CAREER AS DEPUTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
I live in a small town. Just under 15,000 people call Uxbridge home. The village, or as we say around here, “downtown,” has a classic brick town hall, circa 1879, an elegant old library (1885), and a few other historic… Read More ›
OUR GARDEN’S NEW LOOK
It used to be when I looked out my back door, mostly I saw crabgrass. In early spring, for a while, we have dandelions and violets, but mostly it was crabgrass all summer and snow all winter — with leaves… Read More ›
THE HUNGRY CREATURES
We had been trying to figure out which birds were eating all the food we were putting out, but this morning I finally realized the food is being consumed by a lot of birds of every kind you will find… Read More ›
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