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Here is a little wildlife update… I found this beauty today. It is an Ornate Tiger Moth (Grammia ornata): This buck is very unique. Maybe he’ll find his way like Rudolph did… This handsome guy makes the goofy buck feel a little inadequate: And now for a wildflowers update! This is a new one to [...]
We got some great photos on the motion sensor camera this week. Here’s a big white tail buck: A doe and her fawn: Another handsome buck: A curious boy: And here is our first use of the video function:
The birds around our house have become pretty comfortable with us. They wait longer and longer to fly away when we come close…sometimes they stay on the feeder as I’m carrying it away to fill it! Last week on a whim, I walked out to the bird feeder and offered my finger to a pine [...]
We started our Irish Eyes seeds indoors in early March. Before long, they were overflowing the seedling trays, so we moved them to bigger containers. We bought some black plastic pots made specifically for the purpose, but we also used containers from our recycling like yogurt and sour cream. Washed and with a few small [...]
An update from the great outdoors: birds, deer, cougars, flowers and one huge mushroom!
Paper, plastic or reusable? Reusable, of course. Did you know that plastic bags can take up to 1,000 years to decompose? And paper bags, although made from a renewable resource, create far more air and water pollution than the production of plastic bags (NY Times, EPA). So it’s great news that many of us have [...]
My friend Ida gave me a lesson on canning. We made strawberry rhubarb jam using rhubarb from her garden. We found that more pectin was needed to get the consistency right. Unfortunately, we didn’t have any more. So…we have some delicious strawberry rhubarb sauce. We meant to do that We used our the sauce over [...]
We were awakened last night by a blood-curdling scream coming from the laundry room. I ran downstairs to find that Gordon had cornered something in the entry and it was screeching. I flicked on the light. It was a bunny! A cute little baby bunny! Thankfully, he seemed to be unharmed. We released him outside [...]
