The Square Odds – February 2022 Oddly enough, this is the cutest squirrel I’ve ever seen, much less photographed. She (look carefully — definitely a she) was so tiny she was closer in size to one of the flying squirrels… Read More ›
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SQUARE ODDS – BRING BACK BLUEBIRDS
The Square Odds – February 2022 While I was fighting with MassAdvantage, Garry went outside to feed the birds. He stayed out there a little while to try to keep the Grackles away, and then he went inside, but continued… Read More ›
SQUARE ODDS – HOW TO EAT SEEDS. LESSONS FROM A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
The Square Odds – February 2022 Have I mentioned that birds are messy? Birds are ridiculously messy. They toss seeds all over the place and poop on top of them. Then, they eat them anyway. They seem to have absolutely… Read More ›
THE WINTER BLUES – SWO8 BLUES JAZZ AND A BLIZZARD
IT’S JANUARY. WE’VE GOT THE WINTER BLUES – TWO FEET WORTH! My collaborator, Leslie Martel of swo8 Blues Jazz did the real work. She composed the music and the words. She also put the video together. Posted it to YouTube…. Read More ›
SNOW – NATURALLY BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: Cold, Chilly, or Chili We had our last really big snow in 2018 when we — here in Worcester County — got just over three feet (a meter) of snow. Tonight we start another big snow event. Depending on… Read More ›
REGRETS & HOPES – 2022 & BEYOND
Blogging Insights — New Format # 26 These last few years have been unusually regretful. I’m not big on looking back, holding grudges, or storing anger, but in one way or the other, between the crazies and their aluminum foil… Read More ›
DAY OF THE GRACKLES
I admit it. I thought these were Starlings until I looked at the pictures I took a few months ago of a pair of Starlings. The two birds don’t look at all alike. They are about the same size and… Read More ›
GARRY ARMSTRONG – AUTUMN BY THE BLACKSTONE
FOTD – November 7 – Autumn, Garry Armstrong Marilyn has been sifting through files and these came up. They were mislabeled. These are my autumn photos from Riverbend and down at the Blackstone canal. This was my first excursion with… Read More ›
ON TOP
ATOP THE HOUSE How’s your roof? Ours is okay, so far. No loose shingles. No leaks. No holes. It’s just that it’s 20 years old and every time I look at it, I start to worry. Who knew we’d live… Read More ›
ALWAYS THE LIGHT
LIGHT FROM THE PAST I know that all of these were previously posted. I don’t know if they were posted under light or for some other reason, but all of them are all about light. When I think about photography,… Read More ›
SQUARES: A BREAK WITH THE PAST
IT’S ALL ABOUT NOW Considering I took these pictures yesterday afternoon, that’s about as much breaking with the past as I can manage in one day. Colors are coming. If the temperatures would drop a bit — and they are… Read More ›
BIRDS OF MANY FEATHERS, A SQUIRREL, AND A SNAPPING TURTLE
Present and Past Connections Usually this would be my biggest month of picture taking, but it’s still raining. Okay, it stopped for a few hours this morning. That gave me a chance to get to the deck and clean up… Read More ›
LET’S TAKE A WALK
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – September 23, 2019 It’s two years later and the leaves haven’t even started to get serious about changing. Maybe they will soon. The weather is right, though it is warmer than it used to be. I suspect… Read More ›
ECOLOGY, HUMAN GREED, AND UPCOMING CATASTROPHES
I read an article today that argues that coal-burning generators are not doing all that much damage to the climate. This is the kind of argument that makes me gag. I’ll get back to this later. There is no serious… Read More ›
THE LITTLE GIRL SQUIRREL HAS MOVED IN
When I got up this morning and put the seeds out, filled up the flat feeder and washed down the deck, I also put out some water for the birds and squirrels to drink. Even though it has rained a… Read More ›
JUST KEEP WALKING – By TOM CURLEY
This blog is a departure from what I usually write about, which is how we live in an apocalyptic ’B’ movie that nobody would believe if it wasn’t actually happening. This is my favorite kind of story. A story about… Read More ›
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
We’ve been seeing a lot of woodpeckers. Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Flickers, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers. You’d think there would be plenty of bugs for them in the trees, but they want seeds too. I don’t know if the seeds are dessert… Read More ›
WILD VINES AND TREES
More than a foot of rain in three July weeks! We set a rain record for this county this month. Thirteen inches — 33 centimeters — of rain in the first three weeks of July. It was supposed to be… Read More ›
FOTD: DAYLILY
FOTD – July 16 – Daylily The intense rain of the past month has had unexpected results on our gardens. Plants that usually bloom once are coming back and blooming a second time including the hydrangea. The Daylilies, normally moribund… Read More ›
THE POETRY OF TREES
POETIC TREES I think trees are part of the poetry of earth. There are beautiful places where I’ve visited, but the lack of trees eventually made me yearn for home. I grew up in a woods and I have returned… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 