It used to be when I looked out my back door, mostly I saw crabgrass. In early spring, for a while, we have dandelions and violets, but mostly it was crabgrass all summer and snow all winter — with leaves… Read More ›
Wildlife
THE HUNGRY CREATURES
We had been trying to figure out which birds were eating all the food we were putting out, but this morning I finally realized the food is being consumed by a lot of birds of every kind you will find… Read More ›
ANOTHER BLUEBIRD
The Bluebirds have found us and they have been here every day for several days. I never saw a Bluebird until last spring when we first put out suet and they came to eat it. Now, they are back and… Read More ›
A WARM GRAY ALMOST SPRING DAY
It was warm this morning. I could touch the glass and tell that it was the same temperature outside as inside. I opened the window and peeked around to see how the feeders were doing. The hanging feeders which were… Read More ›
CHANGING SEASONS – MARCH 2022
The Changing Seasons, March 2022 Well, this has certainly been another highly changeable weather month for New England. Warm, cold, even colder, summertime, hail, rain, and finally, flowers budding and waiting for just a few days of warm, sunny weather… Read More ›
DAY OF THE BLUEBIRDS
Yesterday, the bluebirds showed up. Not one or two of them, but at least half a dozen of them including some of the girls. They are a few shades lighter than the boys — more like a slate blue with… Read More ›
CHANGES
I was trying to figure out why I want to draw pictures more than anything else. I was getting complicated when I realized I just wanted a change. I’ve been blogging for 12 years. That’s longer than any job I… Read More ›
LAST ODD SQUARE: TRIO OF NIGHT MAURAUDERS
THREE HUNGRY BANDITS ON A FENCE Where did all that food go? The raccoons stole it! Sometimes, they stole the whole feeder and spirited it into the woods. We have never found all the things they stole but somewhere, in… Read More ›
FLASHBACK FRIDAY ON SATURDAY – FEATHERED, FURRY, FRUSTRATING
Fandango’s Flashback Friday — February 18th When we got up this morning, there was a red squirrel settled in the seed box, I took some pictures. We had an errand to run down in Dartmouth and were worried about getting there…. Read More ›
SQUARE ODDS – AN ODDLY ADORABLE RED GIRL SQUIRREL
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 ›
IT’S STILL RAINING
I can’t remember the last time we had a whole day during which it didn’t rain. We got an hour of partial clouds a few days ago — early in the morning. By noon, it was dark, grey, and raining…. Read More ›
QUIETLY CHRISTMAS
Christmas Eve was a lot of bustling and family and food and all that kind of stuff. Today, though, it’s quiet. Kaity and friend are off to his family and it’s just we four, including Owen’s friend Arthur. It seems… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 