Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. ~Michael Caine Want to duck into more delightful photos? Check out Delicious Baby Photo Friday!
Birds
Spring cleaning is for the birds
Spring has hatched. Tulips are poking their colorful heads out of the ground, trees are covered in flowering buds, and birds are scouting for locations to build a nest. Last spring, one of our two birdhouses was “rented” for the first time when a pair of Chickadees moved in. Weeks passed as we watched mama […]
Village of Fayetteville (New York) Bird Preserve (Gramlich Bird Sanctuary)
When my parents purchased the home where I grew up in Fayetteville, New York, one of the selling factors was that the property backed up to a bird preserve. My father reasoned that because the land was protected, no one would build on it and our home would always be surrounded by woods in the […]
Little wings in winter
Little Wing, don’t fly away When the summer turns to fall Don’t you know some people say The winter is the best time of them all Winter is the best of all. ~Neil Young Finch snacking on seed Female Goldfinch listening for her beau Mirror, mirror…who’s the fairest of them all? Leucistic Pine Sisken checks […]
The Gift of the Magi
As many of you know, I like birds. Big Papa and I have created a backyard habitat to entice them with feeders, birdhouses and an old birdbath. I spend a lot of time (or at least I used to pre-parenthood) taking pictures of birds. And, bird nerd that I am, I even named my daughter […]
Rare bird
Big Papa was looking out the window into our little back yard when I heard him call: Come see this bird! He (or she) was standing on a branch in our Greengage plum tree next to another bird who looked just like him…except that he was a shade of cream and the other bird was […]
A feathered fall
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot Chickadee reflection Duck at the Washington Park Arboretum Crow flying at Washington Park Arboretum Flicker on the fencepost Heron on the pond Squabble at the birdbath Flicker taking […]
Something blue
Five years ago, as I dressed for my wedding, I slipped a vintage 1960s Mexican wedding gown over my head, and placed my rose-gold engagement ring, circa 1880, on my right-hand ring finger. On my feet were brand-new espadrille sandals and my new wedding band was tucked into in the suit pocket of our best […]
I watched an eagle as it was flying
On this beautiful morning, as I celebrate my 53rd trip around the sun… And I loved deeper And I spoke sweeter And I watched an eagle as it was flying Photos taken in Seward Park, Seattle, Washington Lyrics: Tim McGraw, Live like you were dying Want to soar higher? Check out Delicious Baby Photo Friday!
Jeepers creepers, where’d ya get those peepers: Chickadee fledlings
We’ve got babies! Three of the chickadee babies nesting in our birdhouse fledged yesterday. They are absolutely adorable: fluffy and puffy with tiny yellow beaks. First we found two, and then three, amigos takingĀ voyages of short flight, and hopping around the yard. We are also hearing a lot of plaintive peeping because, unhappily, Mama […]