Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Spring, New England Style

In case anyone is out there reading this blog who does not live here in New England, I thought I would post a photo of Spring, New England Style. Cheery, hunh? We got about 8″ of snow over night. Fortunately, … Continue reading

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Spring

OK. Here is another sign of Spring. The Chickadees were checking out their house again. He is really looking in that hole. Let’s zoom in a bit closer. Still checking out what is inside the house. Zoom in. He is … Continue reading

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Oops

Oops. Sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn’t.  

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Winter is Over

Our neighbor across the street just took delivery on a brand new snowblower…. and it is a nice, expensive one too. No more snow this year. Yay.

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Ewwwww!

Dirt! Ewwwww!!! Due to some allergy problems we have been having…..  and to deal with that New England Catarrh…. which appears to be one of the costs of living here in New England…..  I put an air filter in the … Continue reading

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Word of the Day

The word of the day is…. “LITHOPS” A lithops is  a little desert plant, also called a “Living Stone”, that looks like this; … or like this…. They don’t do much. They just sort of sit there looking like rocks … Continue reading

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Chickadees

The Chickadees were back at their house today to check it out. The two of them come by occasionally during the Winter and take a look. They never go in, but they poke their heads in and look around…. and … Continue reading

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Book Review

I usually don’t do book reviews on this blog. But this book was such a shocker that I thought I would pass it on. If you had told me a month ago that I would read a laugh-out-loud book about … Continue reading

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Dees and Wrens

Last Spring we had two pairs of birds staying in our birdhouses, one pair of Chickadees and one pair of Wrens. As it turns out, those two types of birds have different nesting habits. So I thought I would post … Continue reading

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Back From Maine

We just got back from another vacation in Maine. It was a good trip, with the usual strange glitches…. for example the surprise side trip to Rio. Here is the story behind the Rio trip. One night, I woke up in … Continue reading

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