Category: Nature
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The Rescued Cactus
We are in the midst of a brief series of nearly perfect mid-summer days and nights. We sleep with windows open and a cool breeze wafting softly through the room. Birds visit Jennie’s gardens early and late, the gardens abuzz with wings. Its cool enough that Nori takes the occasional snooze on my lap. As…
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Fledging!
A hot, humid, heat advisory sort of day, the sun unflinching in a cloudless sky. Saturday evening Jennie and I were at the beach, enjoying our “kiddie” sized ice creams and watching the osprey. There were three almost grown chicks in the nest. A couple were exercising their wings, one standing on the perch beside…
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Stormy Weather
A warm, hazy day with heat advisories for “feels like” temperatures around 106F. We’ve had rain so the landscape is green, interspersed by splashes of colour from flowers wild and tame. We’ve had a WILD week. We had a full house over last week’s holiday weekend, which was delightful. The last night family was here…
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After The Heat Wave
A day of intense sunlight. A few fair weather clouds drift here and yon across the great arc of blue sky. The local birds are raising their second or third broods while the osprey appear to be feeding chicks and more forcefully guarding their nests. We had three days of intense heat, which broke yesterday.…
