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Category Archives: Wild Life
AVIAN SOCIOLOGY 101
Last night I saw my first Downey Woodpecker at the suet and again this morning drumming high up the side of the Silver Maple. On Castenada Lane our major birds were the Acorn Woodpecker and the Western Scrub Jay and … Continue reading
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BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
Just when I needed another boost and retreat from the chaos of remodeling – EUREKA! The garden comes through once again with flying colors and bless it for lifting my mood. Because I am one of those gardening geeks who … Continue reading
LIFE IN THE GARDEN
The house is a mess. The garden is the salvation. We were really reveling in the lack of mosquitos until yesterday. Oops. Well, what did we expect? It IS Minnesota. And for whatever reason we had a whole month of … Continue reading
FLORA AND AVIS
Thanks to Barbara and Mary we know that this lovely old bush at Mt. Faith is a Mock Orange. And cousins Marlene and Maryanne identified the sand cherry. But now here’s my latest consternation and garden question. What a trouper. … Continue reading
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DINNER IS SERVED
Mills Fleet Farm is a big box store unknown before to us. Perhaps it’s a mid-western thing. But I can say that it has the best bird supply section imaginable. I’m not through yet, but we made a good go … Continue reading
LAWN
Lawns are really important here. We started to get the picture after two of my cousin’s first question after – Did you get there okay?” – was “How is the lawn? Does it need mowing?” And then, when we went … Continue reading
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GARDEN NOTES
New day. New garden. Aah! I feel like the proverbial kid in the candy store. Time after time I have eked out a garden armed only with grim determination and a much younger back than I now possess. Often in … Continue reading
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OH DEER
OH DEER I have been trying to capture a shot of our resident deer – at least one – but of course they’re being elusive now. However, my friend John took pictures when he was living here and I have … Continue reading
GOBBLE
MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO If there’s one thing I won’t miss after our move, it’s the turkeys. They don’t actually belong in California I believe, but because hunters some 30 or so years ago petitioned Fish and Game for the privilege of … Continue reading
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