CMMC – September – The letter P starts the word I have a lot of “P” stuff from petunias, pottery, printers and pocket watches to Pileated woodpeckers and porcelain.
#Birds
feathered friends
MY FEATHERED FRIENDS
CFFC: Birds It has been a very busy summer for our birds, even though I haven’t taken as many pictures as usual. This is because I have a lot of bird pictures, so unless it’s one of the rare birds… Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE PHOTO PICKS
CBWC: My Pick – The best of the black & white photographs I don’t know if these are my best black & white photographs, but they are among my favorites.
THEY DON’T CALL US TURKEYS FOR NOTHING
A couple of day ago, we probably destroyed half of our new brakes and skinned our tires trying to not run over a “rafter” of turkey hens who had to cross the road exactly when there was traffic. We don’t… Read More ›
SEEKING ONE VERY SMALL MIRACLE
THE NORTHERN BOBWHITE – NEW ENGLAND’S LAST QUAIL The quail population in New England has dropped by 85% during the past 20 years. Once a common bird, it is rapidly vanishing from hunting and now, as the places it called… Read More ›
JUST ANOTHER DAY
PHOTOS MOSTLY GARRY ARMSTRONG & A FEW BY MARILYN I got up in the morning and knew I had to wash my hair. Since I was washing my hair, it seemed a perfect time for a major shower cleansing. Why?… Read More ›
FIFTY LITTLE STEPS
CFFC: Walk 50 steps or less and take a new photo(s) It’s just about 15 steps from the loveseat in the living room to where I keep my “bird” camera in the dining room. We do everything except eat in the… Read More ›
AUTUMN IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
Share Your World – 12 September While Kaitlin was here yesterday, she looked out the back windows and commented: “You have a real bird festival going on out there!” We do have quite an avian circus here. There are a lot… Read More ›
BIRDS BEFORE THE RAIN
There has been a wild surge of bird activity lately. I don’t know if it’s because of the lack of rain or just the time of year, but many birds have come and hung about. Today was catbird day. Of… Read More ›
RETURN OF THE GOLDFINCH
They come here for the winter and breed, then fly up to Canada where, I’m assured, they breed again. Now, they are back. They have been coming back, a few birds at a time, for several weeks, but today, they… Read More ›
NATURE AND NATURAL
CFFC: Nature Big and powerful, small and feathered, we are part of nature and she is part of us.
RAIN AND FALLING TREE LIMBS
It’s really raining. I has been raining very steadily since yesterday morning and it’s raining even harder now. Not much wind, but I guess all that water in the dying tree back behind the deck has made the branches heavier… Read More ›
SHARING IN THE RAIN
Share Your World 6th of September It is raining. Not a sprinkle. Not a quick cloudburst. Real rain starting quite early and continuing. It was raining hard earlier and is now raining steadily, but not “tropical.” The rain is supposed to… Read More ›
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
FOTD – September 4 – Where have all the flowers gone? I went out this morning to feed the birds and water the plants. The plants looked strange. The yellow begonias had flowers, but it was thin on leaves. The ruffled… Read More ›
LAST ON THE CARD
Last on the card – August 2022 Well. For once I had a “last” on all three cameras I’m currently using. This first one is one of the rare ones that comes out exactly the way you want it and wouldn’t… Read More ›
Y’GOTTA READ BEFORE Y’WRITE, RIGHT?
Blogging Insights NF # 52 — Reading “The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them.” — Jeff Jarvis I agree, although for me, it’s just reading, then reading more. I’ve always been such an insane reader…. Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 