In the process of downloading a camera, Marilyn discovered a whole bunch of pictures she had never before downloaded — and they are all mine. So, lets take a look at early autumn. September, down by the Blackstone at River… Read More ›
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LIVING IN THE WILDS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Compared to most places in the Commonwealth, this is a very modestly priced place to live. That’s how come we wound up here. We could afford a house and some land, too for less than a tiny condo cost anywhere… Read More ›
BACKYARD BIRDS AT PLAY
The birds were having a high old time. Eating lots of their favorite feed. Bumping around with other birds (“Hey, it’s MY feeder!”) or practicing freefalling from the feeder. Great game. You fold your wings closed and just fall off… Read More ›
THE DAY OF THE NEW CAMERA
It isn’t a new camera in the sense that it was never used before, but it’s close enough! I hasn’t been used much and this is the first time I’ve gotten a new camera and immediately seen an improvement in… Read More ›
CRAZY RED SQUIRRELS
I think it was a mother and child. Certainly one of them was a nursing mother and I think the other was one of her “kids.” With the red squirrels, it’s harder to tell the age of the various squirrels… Read More ›
CEE’S BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE: PULL UP A CHAIR!
CBWC: Any Kind of Seating Cee’s Black & White Challenge Anyplace one cares to sit, in black and white. I don’t do nearly enough black & white work. I think I need to do something about that. Meanwhile:
LEARNING NEW SKILLS AS THE QUARANTINE GOES ON AND ON AND ON
Owen was home for the day and decided it was a good day to learn to bake bread. I have a lot of old cookbooks from as early as 1899 (it is a reprint of the book that eventually became… Read More ›
NUTHATCHES AND OTHER LOCAL BIRDIES
We used to have a lot more birds, but we seem to be down to the all year round standard birds. I think it’s the feed. it’s designed to be for our local birds — Nuthatches, Chickadees, Tufted Titmouses, Cardinals,… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS CACTUS IS ENTHUSIASTIC
FOTD – November 16 – The Christmas Cactus And the beat goes on. One of the interesting things is that the flowers this year are red and white. You couldn’t see it yesterday, but you can easily see it in… Read More ›
THE 2020 CHRISTMAS CACTUS BLOOMS ANEW
FOTD – November 15 – 2020 Christmas Cactus comes back to life! Since the cactus began to bud, I’ve been watching it. It has developed from very tiny buds a week ago to an almost full blossom today with, hopefully,… Read More ›
A DAY FOR CRAZY RED SQUIRRELS, STEROID INJECTIONS, AND A BIT OF RAIN
I think it was a mother and child. There were two of them on the feeder this morning at 8 am. Yes, we got up early because I had (sigh) another doctor appointment. This was the one with the pain… Read More ›
JOY TO THE FISHES IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA – JOY TO YOU AND ME!
A Photo a Week Challenge: Joy Joy is a great subject after a year which has been so miserable. Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea and joy to you and me!
