I really need a change. I started this blog on May 30, 2006 on Blogger, mostly as a way to post about bird banding and happenings at the bird observatory. At that time, Blogger was still using the old format and it was a mild nightmare to properly load photos, along with some other issues [...]
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I still don’t believe it, but on Tuesday, a very nice man came to our house in the woods and connected us to high-speed internet service – a first for this part of the forest! I’ve been zooming around the net ever since, and it’s such a thrill to finally be able to function in [...]
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Saturday, Oct. 3 was one of those really perfect fall days – crisp, cool, sunshine and blue sky – so I decided to visit the natural arch that’s about 13 miles from our home. I love rocks, and this one is impressive.
Wind, water and ice eroded the softer stone and left this hole in the [...]
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This afternoon I discovered this lovely chocolate-colored caterpillar clinging to the edge of the dog door – not exactly the safest place for anything so small. We have four dogs and they tend to come through the door two-at-a-time. Or try to, anyway. I used a whisk broom to scoop him off the door. I [...]
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