Category Archives: Fall
Blackbirds spend the night
On the way home last night I was so tired I was dizzy. But as I passed one of the ponds in the park I heard the sound of hundreds of red-winged blackbirds- it seems they had stopped for the … Continue reading
Hawk breakfast
As I drove to the gym this morning the sun was just starting to come up. When stopped at a stoplight I saw a hawk sitting on top of a light standard eating his breakfast. It looked small- a small … Continue reading
Posted in Critters, Fall, Miscellaneous musings
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Just took a walk to clear my head and was happy to see that the brown desolation of the summer drought has given way to fall green, and there are even flowers where there were none in the summer, better … Continue reading
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Scottish Games and Harvest Moon
Yesterday when I tired of working we went to the Scottish Games in the park. The Games consisted mostly of throwing very heavy objects as far as possible: logs for distance, big iron kettlebells for height. No wonder those Scots … Continue reading
Posted in Fall, Forest Park, Moon, Uncategorized
Tagged harvest moon, scottish games
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Crescent moon
It’s a busy time, and I like to take stock of what’s truly important, lest I get carried away by the push and rush of my own deadlines and others’ busy-ness. As I sit here at the window I … Continue reading
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We went to the arboretum today. We saw what we know as box elder bugs, because that’s the only place we’ve ever seen them, in various stages of molt on a milkweed plant. This beautiful red seed arrangement on a … Continue reading
Posted in Arboretum, Fall, Flowers, insects
Tagged box elder bugs, crab apple tree, milkweed plant
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Our Black Friday
On black Friday we ate pancakes for breakfast, took a family photo- We drove happily past the shopping malls. Liz and I took a walk at the arboretum where, oddly, we saw lots of foliage coming up as if it … Continue reading
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Fall back
Fall flowers on an unidentified bush: It has been a quiet weekend, Dennis off at his studies and just Britches and me at home. We have many games, among them the mouse-on-the-fishing-line game, wherein the mouse runs all over the … Continue reading
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Saturday morning, after the Cardinals won the World Series. Saturday afternoon, coffee with Ginger at the Delmonico Diner A turkey and a chicken greeted us on Sunday afternoon when we arrived at the farm where a friend keeps her horses. … Continue reading
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What a great morning! The Cardinals won the 6th game of the World Series at the bottom of the 11th inning last night- I, who don’t usually get too excited about sports, was jumping up and down and hootin’ and … Continue reading
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Pinguid 