Worrying as I am about the continuing drought, I ordered more seed. I hope I can at least see our little local flock through this beautiful yet frightening summer. Beautiful because the sun is always shining, yet scary because it… Read More ›
Wildlife
ONE LITTLE RED SQUIRREL
The latest baby squirrels are up and about and eating like there’s no tomorrow. Of course with everything dry and burnt, there isn’t much to eat. Normally, there would be more than enough food, but with no rain, everything is… Read More ›
CATBIRD WITH ATTITUDE
He came. He hung around. He stared at me. I took pictures of him. He wanted something else to eat. We are — until Chewy delivers (tomorrow I hope) — completely out of birdseed. Sadly, I didn’t have any goodies… Read More ›
OUR GARDEN’S NEW LOOK
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 ›
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 ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 