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THE CHANGING SEASONS AT YEAR’S END: DECEMBER 2020
DECEMBER 2020 – THE YEAR FINALLY ENDS Before anything else, happy new year! May this next year prove better than last year and may we manage to find ways to fix what it broken, save what is valuable, and live… Read More ›
FEATHERED FAVORITES FROM THE SNOWY DAYS OF DECEMBER
It’s funny how we all develop favorite birds. Owen loves the Tufted Titmouses — or as some say, Titmice. Take your pick. Owen likes their little pointy crest — and they have such cute faces. They are friendly birds. I’m… Read More ›
FOTD: A GALLERY OF IRIS AND OTHER SPRING FLOWERS
FOTD – December 26 – Bearded Iris With Other Spring Flowers It seems a long time ago, but we used to grow irises. When the garden was young — and I was younger — we had all kinds of flowers…. Read More ›
WE SPENT A YEAR LOCKED INDOORS AND LEARNED ABOUT BIRDS
When I first put out a feeder for the birds, I was merely trying to help keep the birds alive through a very cold, snowy winter. I had no idea that I was starting not only a pastime for me… Read More ›
SNOW DAY!
Yesterday it was tee-shirt weather. I went out to fill the bird feeders and it was close to 70-degrees Fahrenheit or 21 degrees Celsius. So even though we knew it was going to snow today, we really didn’t think it… Read More ›
MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS
It’s not going to be much of a holiday season here. Not this year. Because our so-called government did nothing to protect us, our hospitals are overflowing, our medical workers are exhausted. We are losing more people to COVID every… Read More ›
HOW MUCH WORSE CAN 2020 GET? HOW ABOUT RENUMBERING ALL OUR ROADS?
If you don’t live in Massachusetts, nonetheless, every state is doing this. Despite understanding — in theory — why they are doing it, it is going to be a real mess. Because MapQuest, Google, and every single GPS isn’t going… Read More ›
IT’S BLACK FRIDAY, SO GUESS WHAT WE ARE DOING?
Nothing. I’m trying to decide whether to make lamb curry tonight or tomorrow night — I think tomorrow — and whether or not I need a sweater. It was really warm this morning, but it’s getting colder as I sit… Read More ›
NOT EXACTLY A NORMAN ROCKWELL THANKSGIVING
For those of you who think Norman Rockwell only painted idealized images of white people, he didn’t. His idealized images are popular, but he painted many other, harder-edged pictures. The soft and sweet ones were done for magazines who would… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD ON NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Share Your World 11-10-2020 And so we had an election and at least some people (who shall remain nameless) apparently still think we are still having one. Well, we knew Trumpty Dumpty was the ultimate disruptor. You would think that… Read More ›
KINDA LOTS OF BIRDS IN … ARE YOU READY? THE SNOW! IN OCTOBER.
The heaviest ever snowfall in October in Massachusetts fell between early this morning and this evening We are setting weather records. Four inches of heavy, wet white stuff fell here in Snowville, U.S.A. This is because we don’t (normally) get… Read More ›
