Category: Nature

SQUARE ODDS – AN ODDLY ADORABLE RED GIRL SQUIRREL

The Square Odds - February 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 than a gray squirrel -- about half the size of a normal red squirrel. But perfect … Continue reading SQUARE ODDS – AN ODDLY ADORABLE RED GIRL SQUIRREL

SQUARE ODDS – BRING BACK BLUEBIRDS

The Square Odds - February While I was fighting with MassAdvantage, Garry went outside to feed the birds. He stayed out there a little while to try to keep the Grackles away, and then he went inside, but continued to watch them. And the Bluebirds came back. They don't come often and only when we … Continue reading SQUARE ODDS – BRING BACK BLUEBIRDS

SQUARE ODDS – HOW TO EAT SEEDS. LESSONS FROM A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER

The Square Odds - February Have I mentioned that birds are messy? Birds are ridiculously messy. They toss seeds all over the place and poop on top of them. Then, they eat them anyway. They seem to have absolutely no concern about where they go, including on their food. I don't want to know what … Continue reading SQUARE ODDS – HOW TO EAT SEEDS. LESSONS FROM A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER

I’VE LOOKED AT CLOUDS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW

 One sunset evening, as the sun was setting over the Housatonic River in Connecticut, the sky went wild. If you stood on the dock and rotated, there would be a different color and formation of clouds in each degree of turning. I've never seen a sky like that before. I've seen many sunsets and sunrises, … Continue reading I’VE LOOKED AT CLOUDS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW

HATRED LURKS

Married as I am to a Brown Man, potential threats are always near. When we went to New Orleans for my 50th birthday, I had to call the hotel and ask if our mixed races would be a problem. I told her to please be honest. I wanted a vacation, not an "incident." She finally … Continue reading HATRED LURKS

CRITTERS

Nature Photo Challenge #28: Wild animals It's not that we don't have other critters near us. We have more, including coyotes, bobcats, fishers, raccoons, flying squirrels, rabbits, and a variety of lizards and snakes. I never seem to have a camera at hand when I see them. It's frustrating. We did, however, have a field … Continue reading CRITTERS

AN AWAITING WORLD

Almost all the pictures we take of nature are relatively tame. I see wilder animals but I never seem to have a camera in hand at the time. I wish I had some great photos of bears or moose or even of our local coyotes (they sit and howl in our driveway), foxes and bobcats. … Continue reading AN AWAITING WORLD

AUTUMN APPROACHES

Share Your World 9th September September and fall have simultaneously arrived. Our woods are alight. We are expecting a good year for autumn foliage but not this soon. Better sooner than later. As long as we don't get a hurricane or other powerful storm. Here are this week’s questions: Did you believe in the Tooth Fairy? … Continue reading AUTUMN APPROACHES

ENJOYING THE WATERSHED

My valley is full of rivers. Although it includes tributaries, this is the Blackstone Valley because the Blackstone River is everywhere. It winds down from the Worcester hills to its end in Newport, Rhode Island. Hard to say if they are creeks or smaller rivers, but lots and lots of water from tiny little streams, … Continue reading ENJOYING THE WATERSHED

Yearning for Trees

Trees are the poetry of earth. There are beautiful places where I've visited -- even lived -- but the absence of trees made me yearn for a home surrounded by trees. I grew up in a house in the woods. Twenty-four years ago, we came back to life amidst tree I need a green world. … Continue reading Yearning for Trees