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Short glimpses into the life of a squirrel - 6/2/24

2024-06-02T19:44:00.006-04:00

This has been a wonderful year for red squirrels. I have a few babies that have been coming to hang out with us and it is lovely! I have a bird feeder hanging up on the tree and as the birds drop the sunflower seeds the squirrels close in. This little guy lets me get way too close. I love it because I can see the details of his body so much better when I'm closer. Just beautiful! Here is

Black Throated Blue Warbler

2024-05-25T11:07:00.001-04:00

I have really been enjoying the bird feeder this year and here is a bird I've never seen before! She was loud and proud!

The Sound of Squirrels

2024-04-29T12:37:00.020-04:00

There is a small family of red squirrels currently living in my shop. The little babies do not show very much fear in my presence so I've been able to get decently close. However they are more than willing to yell at me if I want to go into the shed itself. They are really adorable! I am so grateful to be able to hear the sound of squirrels chittering again. When Minion used to be able to get

Eclipse Day post 2 - after the event

2024-04-08T15:30:00.011-04:00

The best I could do at 98% totality and just a smartphone.

Eclipse day- post 1

2024-04-08T14:40:00.014-04:00

The sun and moon without glasses- 2:31 pm EST

Ice Storm in New England - 3/24/24

2024-03-25T07:47:00.024-04:00

These are just a few images from my place several hours after the ice storm stopped. It was warm enough that large pieces of ice had already started falling off the trees and everything looked sooo beautiful. Several of the trees were bowed over almost to breaking point due to the ice build up so i am so glad that it melted fairly quickly! I was lucky that I was only without power for 20 hours. I

First ladybug of the year!

2024-03-06T13:06:00.001-05:00

This made me sooo happy. I love these little guys. I guess spring is really almost here!

February Squirrels

2024-02-07T15:30:00.024-05:00

I have been so lucky that the squirrel population has been slowing recovering after the horrible massacre a few years ago. I have been doing everything that I can do to help the population regrow including keeping the cats inside- I should have always made that a higher priority and I am glad that I finally have-and making sure that there is lots of food available. THe local squirrels have

In winter, sometimes summer friends stay to feast...

2023-12-10T13:30:00.017-05:00

I love having chicadees and nuthatches on my feeder all year. It's really just a beautiful thing to witness. It reminds me that I am not alone in my attempts to survive the winter and we will all do our best to get through it together. That's all we can do. <3 Some of these wee birds have become aclimated to me and will let me get a little closer than they probably should. I admit that I

Gratuitious Hand Post for Examples

2023-11-12T11:42:00.003-05:00

Roccu accurately expressing my feelings about today ....

2020-04-14T12:37:00.001-04:00

I adore her! I needed this smile today.

Akhenaten and "Lincoln's Dream"

2019-06-02T09:28:00.000-04:00

I love it when I find different references to historical stuff in non-historical texts. It's fun to discover something and then do the research to see if it's true. Connie Willis is one of my favorite science fiction writers and I found this passage in a book titled "Lincoln's Dreams." I have studied early Egyptian history and have a vague memory of studying Akhenaten. He is a very

Surgery Update 2

2019-05-23T08:33:00.001-04:00

Things are going great! Here is a picture of my foot when they took off the cast. Here it is now... So things are doing well. I'm really grateful. :)

Basic Structures of the Eye

2019-05-17T10:04:00.000-04:00

Here is a set of notes I took about the basic structure of the eye. Enjoy! (The image is a focused shot of my right eye. Visual process/ basic optical system - When a person looks at an object, the light rays that will reflect off the object enter the eye through the front and into the back of the eye. During the process, the light rays are bent and produce an upside-down image onto the retina

Simon Schama - A History of Britain: "Dynasty"

2019-05-11T15:31:00.000-04:00

These notes are from the third episode from the series by Simon Schama titled "A History of Britain." Moving on from the Iron Ages to the Battle of Hastings England 1154 nearly a century after the Battle of Hastings the country has been torn apart by a savage civil war. William the Conqueror was long dead. For 30 years his grandchildren have been locked in a life-or-death struggle for the

Salem and His Wonky Eye

2019-05-07T17:04:00.001-04:00

Today was a little bit of a different day. Lately I spend most of my days resting to make sure that my foot and ankle are healing well from the surgery. I have an appointment to get my cast off in 2 weeks and I'm hopeful it will be healed up enough that I can do that and won't need to get another cast put on. So I spend my days resting and doing miscellaneous things that I can do while sitting

Simon Schama - A History of Britain: "Conquest"

2019-05-03T18:06:00.000-04:00

These notes are from the second episode from the series by Simon Schama titled "A History of Britain." Moving on from the Iron Ages to the Battle of Hastings... It was the hand of God that decided the outcome of battles... the fate of nations... and life or death of Kings... everyone knew that. But there are times and places that history - British history - comes at you with a rush...

Remus

2019-04-30T13:07:00.004-04:00

I can't believe it's been a year-and-a-half since I picked up Remus from the vet's office. The cat now known as Remus was a stray that had been hit by a car in Surry and brought to the local vet. He was in really big trouble and is lucky to be alive. Most cats who are hit by a car do not live to tell the tale. He is especially lucky that somebody noticed and stopped as the car that hit him did

Happy Easter

2019-04-21T07:40:00.000-04:00

Today is a most unusual Easter for me. Usually I'm extremely thankful to have Easter as a day off of work. Usually it is a day to rest after I've worked so hard for weeks and weeks and weeks. Today I start Easter fairly well rested because I've been able to rest since my surgery and I haven't worked for days on end. I haven't taught CPR and I haven't gone to the pharmacy. I've just rested. My

Surgery Update

2019-04-18T06:58:00.002-04:00

Yesterday was a pretty big day for me. It was two weeks after surgery and I got to go in and get the splint off and see what was going on underneath it and get a cast. I've never had a cast before so I was quite surprised by how many different colors they had - even camouflage and a pastel mix -and I finally settled on a light blue in the hopes that it would be a little bit flattering. My toes

Simon Schama - A History of Britain: "Beginnings"

2019-04-16T16:53:00.000-04:00

A friend of mine gave me this amazing DVD series on the History of Britain. As I have spent the time perusing it, I took notes for future reference. Most of these notes are in the voice of the narrator and, while in order, only provide a brief summary of the episode and not a full transcription. I am really enjoying this series and intend to do a summary of every episode... although that may

Shark Diversity and Order

2019-04-15T17:39:00.001-04:00

Sharks come in many sizes and shapes and have a great deal of diversity in the over 500 plus species of living animals. Currently, science divide sharks into 9 specific orders; there are actually 13, but four orders of sharks are entirely extinct. And all sharks -big and small- fit into these categories. 1. Carcharhiniformes, otherwise known as the ground sharks or whaler sharks, include some

The Day After Surgery

2019-04-05T17:20:00.003-04:00

I've been laying in bed resting all day. The surgery on my ankle went pretty well and now I just have to rest and try to keep as pain free as possible. I have lots of company from the cats and my ex and Bug have been taking really good care of me. They've made me wonderful meals and they have cleaned the house.they have also done the things they've needed to do was just giving me the time to

The Day Of Surgery

2019-04-05T15:27:00.008-04:00

It's done, I'm home and resting. Everything is well.

Mormonism Tucked in Fiction

2019-03-08T19:07:00.001-05:00

I'm currently wending my way through the novels of Reginald Hill with Andrew Danziel, Peter pascoe and Ellie Soper Pascoe. I love reading the adventures of the 'Fat Man' and the family of Pascoes that he interacts with. While reading through the series I noticed that he commented on Mormon culture a few times. I thought the quotes were interesting and they caused me to pause in reading. My