Critters
I like to believe they all make up my own personal menagerie.
Read More CrittersCareening through life and learning stuff
I like to believe they all make up my own personal menagerie.
Read More CrittersHummingbirds have discovered my feeder. It’s clear they migrated in, because one day there were none, and the next day there were dozens. I watch them from my home office window and marvel at their antics. Part of the appeal is that they are so remarkably tiny, as if being small should make it harder […]
Read More HummingbirdsIt’s all election all the time today. Thank goodness I have something else to think about.
Read More Something else to think aboutThis year I’m still yearning for summer.
Read More Goodbye SummerI should have been focusing on my work, I know. But sometimes it’s much more interesting to gaze through the window at the backyard. One of the ubiquitous Western Scrub-Jays was digging with its beak. He must have been hitting a small rock in the soil, because it went “tink, tink, tink,” as the bird […]
Read More Bird CacheOne fun thing about my week was discovering the variety of birds in a place I did not expect to find so many birds.
Read More Birds in the ParkIt’s hard for me to think of chickadees as big mean birds, since they’re about 2 1/2 inches tall.
Read More Back Yard CharactersI felt for a moment as though I was channeling her spirit.
Read More Stepping in for Mom