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- Twenty-seven May 17, 2024
- Something for Thursday May 16, 2024
- “I have come to conquer you!” A repost in honor of the great Roger Corman May 15, 2024
- Tone Poem Tuesday May 14, 2024
- Amateur mistakes, I got ’em May 13, 2024
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- Aurora May 11, 2024
- IYKYK May 10, 2024
- Something for Thursday May 9, 2024
- New video!!! May 8, 2024
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Category Archives: On Nature
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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The deer next door
Our next-door neighbors have taken to feeding the local deer from the woods behind our neighborhood. It’s nice to see them over there in their yard, eating away. Our Carla, of course, thinks they are Big! Scary! Beasts! that need … Continue reading
Play “Misty” for me
I took this on the 31st, when our post-storm warm-up was progressing along to the point that the woods behind the house were shrouded in winter mists. There’s always something magical about mists and fog, something evocative that makes it … Continue reading
EA Poe, Nature Writer
I woke up early yesterday morning–quite early, in fact, well before sunrise and well well well before I had any intention of getting out of bed–so I reached for my Kindle and looked for something to read. I landed on a short … Continue reading
Nature Video Friday
No, not a new weekly feature, but for lack of anything else to post, here’s a nature video I saw on Twitter earlier, about a beast I’d never heard of before: the grasshopper mouse. These little guys are…scary. Warning: some … Continue reading
Light posting continues….
…but I don’t want to post nothing at all, which is where CBS Sunday Morning‘s trove of show-closing nature segments comes in! Turns out there’s a ton of these on YouTube. I’ve chosen this one, pretty much at random.