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Category Archives: On Nature
In our neighbors’ yard…
…there are frequently deer to be seen. That little one’s antlers are starting to come in!
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A vicarious adventure
The Wife and I honeymooned around New England: a couple of days on Cape Cod, a couple of days in Boston, and then we road-tripped through New Hampshire and Vermont on our way home. One thing I wish we’d had … Continue reading
A metamorphosis, completed
You may remember me writing a few weeks ago about the Monarch butterfly caterpillar we found in the milkweed outside our front door, and its turning up again a few days later as a chrysalis clinging to the siding of … Continue reading
Scenes from Hunter’s Creek Park
Yesterday’s photography location was Hunter’s Creek Park. Officially named “Sergeant Mark A. Rademacher Memorial Park”, the location is more generally referred to by its original, and now informal, name, which comes from the creek that runs through it. Hunter’s Creek … Continue reading
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A metamorphosis, in progress
When we moved to WNY way back in 1981, my grandmother visited and noticed that our new backyard had a lot of milkweed in it. She told me that milkweed is a preferred plant for Monarch butterfly caterpillars, and we … Continue reading
Thinking of the FLX
From our trip to Seneca Lake last year….
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At the Ridge….
For the first time since Cane died last September, I went hiking at Chestnut Ridge Park yesterday. Chestnut Ridge is an old park whose development by Erie County began back in the late 1920s, and a lot of the park’s … Continue reading
Knox Farm: a bittersweet return
I returned to Knox Farm today, for the first time since last year. I’ve been wanting to return to my weekly nature walks; they were always calming and inspiring and gave me moments of quiet to recenter my life. The … Continue reading
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Sounds of Ice
We had a big ice storm rip through The 716 the night before, and it had the usual effects of ice storms: thick coatings of ice on everything, resulting in tons of power outages from lines collapsing, or tree branches … Continue reading
Earthquake? Pshaw! Bring on the ICE SHARK!!!
Seen in the waters of Cazenovia Creek this afternoon.
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