Yesterday was an official holiday. These days, being retired and all, we don’t pay a lot of attention to most holidays, but we’ve had a run a really bad weather since June. This is the first time in almost a… Read More ›
New England
STORM STORIES – BY ELLIN CURLEY
There are many interesting storm stories in my family history, starting with my Mom as a young woman. Sometime in the mid-1940s, before she married my dad, my mom and her friend Ethie were staying at my father’s summer house… 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 ›
JAPANESE MAPLE AND VERY GREEN TREES
Trees in close up We brought this tree home from my cousin’s house in Maryland. It was a tiny little thing in a bucket. We planted it. And twenty-five years later, it’s an amazing tree. It is green all summer and… Read More ›
TREES OF LIFE
Trees of life The real trees of life in our little forest world are dead. Most people think of dead trees as something they have to get rid of. I suppose you have no choice if it’s on your roof or… Read More ›
CBWC: FIELDS AND LANDSCAPES IN BLACK & WHITE – GARRY ARMSTRONG
CBWC: Fields and Landscapes It was the last sunny day for weeks to come, though to be fair, we had no way of knowing it. I’m just glad we went out and actually took pictures because it was going to be… Read More ›
CATALPA TREE IN BLOOM
CATALPA TREE IN FULL BLOOM We grow a lot of Catalpa trees. They are supposed to be difficult to grow, but apparently they like us. Most of them are relatively small and young. A couple of the big ones have… Read More ›
PEACHUM AND AN ICONIC MAPLE
The beauty of trees Each picture of this tree was taken at a different time of day, starting at sunrise through early evening. I did not name this maple tree as “iconic.” It was already called that when I entered the… Read More ›
AN INDEPENDENCE DAY WORLD SHARE
SHARE YOUR WORLD 7-6-2021 Our “heat dome” broke and it has been raining every day since. I don’t mind the rain and I certainly don’t mind the cooler temperatures. I know the heat will be back, too, so I’m very inclined… Read More ›
