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Late summer
Just a sampling of what’s blooming now. Late summer and very dry. Until a rain yesterday the ground was concrete-like. We finally have seen some monarch caterpillars, there are a couple dozen scattered among the milkweed we’ve planted in different … Continue reading
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Wren found a mate
As I cleaned out the wren house for the winter today, I was delighted to find a lovely little nest on top of the 3″ pile of sticks that filled the bottom part of the house. Mr. Wren did find … Continue reading
Dear friend Kitten Britches is gone
She died last Thursday, aged 20+ years. The last of a distinguished line of alley cats, starting with her mother, MomCat, here: https://pinguid.com/2011/02/24/momcat-memorial-aka-i-hates-that-old-cancer/. Britches and MomCat used to hunt together and bring us live mice to play with in the … Continue reading
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Summer 2023
The male hummingbird who has overseen and protected the feeder from interlopers all summer came so close to me as I sat on the porch that I could hear the buzz of wingbeats and feel the movement of air. I’ve … Continue reading
July 4, 2023
Full moon this morning, and blessedly cool outside, relatively speaking. We had no power from Saturday afternoon, when a 90-mile-an-hour wind, they say it was a derecho, blew through and took out power to thousands, until mid-day today. Fortunately the … Continue reading
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Summer 2022
I sat out on the back steps this morning in the shade before 8, before the sun got high and hot. Just watching the goings-on in the back yard. I have missed the yard this week as I’ve had to … Continue reading
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