Meeting our Main Character Scritch! Scrabble! Scratch! It was a beautiful summer day and I was quietly reading indoors in a room filled with golden sunshine. Blessed with good hearing and knowing that if I am hearing something odd, I may be in for a surprise. I looked around and walking across a window shade […]
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Summer Sighting We have had a bird feeder for many years now in consonance with about 50 million other Americans. I can sit by my kitchen window and see who shows up as I drink my morning coffee. Whimsical Bird Feeder Robin eating Magnolia Seeds – Courtesy of Sura Jeselsohn Before the installation of the
Expected Butterfly Visitors After years of gardening, it is easy to become routinized to the birds, insects and small mammals common to this area. Like so many of you I have always been entranced by our local butterflies. So far this year I have seen yellow swallowtails( Papilio glaucus – Family Papilionidae) and black spicebush
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Conceptual Origin of Today’s Post The idea for this post came from Stephanie Coggins who closely studies Riverdale through a camera lens as she walks her newly adopted dog, Dickie. Dickie – Courtesy of Stephanie Coggins When I was in grade school we were already starting to wear woolens as the new school year began.
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These days everyone is walking outdoors! Corona is a hard master and some of my Riverdale friends are even taking twice daily constitutionals. Although there are many picturesque streets and numerous parks here, Riverdale is a relatively small neighborhood with approximately 48,000 residents. And from the perspective of my windows, most of them are on
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I clearly prefer the growing months to the wintertime with its uncomfortably low temperatures. However, one consequence of the higher temperatures of spring and summer of which I am not enamored are the assorted creatures that enter my house. While I will get the occasional mouse, the really unwelcome visitors are insects! Weeks ago I