Category: Landscape
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Where Are the Osprey?

A cool, bright, high UV morning. Lots of birdsong just outside my window. The daffs are nearing the end of their season but an abundance of other flowers, both wild and domestic, are coming into bloom. The apple trees that dot our local landscape are lush with white blossoms. It has been consistently very cool,…
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A Bright April Day

A warmish, sun drenched morning. Last night was warm as well and the peepers were in fine voice. We’ve been wondering where they were; I guess it has simply been too cold for them. Te last few days have been cold, dark, and windy, causing us to have the fireplace heater on in the evenings,…
Michael Watson PhD
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Easter Monday

A cool, sunny day after a week of mostly rain. We were in Providence both Friday and Saturday, and enjoyed glimpses of sun and relative warmth between the showers. Here, there are daffodils and crocuses in bloom, and in Providence, redbuds and forsythia. Everywhere there is bird song and Jennie saw osprey on the beach…
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A Stormy Day

A rainy, windy, mid-March day. Maybe thunderstorms and flooding later. Dense fog. The maple buds are beginning to show red. Last week I came down with a cold, the first one in ages. It has lingered, so after a bit of packing or doing other tasks I am done for the day. This has meant…