Tag Archives: Nature

“In spider’s web a truth discerning”

Posted on October 6, 2023 by ksedinger

Enlargeable version here. I took this photo last Sunday while walking around the Charles Burchfield Art and Nature Center in West Seneca, one of this region’s underknown gems. It was a stunning morning, because the fog had not yet lifted … Continue reading →

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In our neighbors’ yard…

Posted on September 25, 2023 by ksedinger

…there are frequently deer to be seen. That little one’s antlers are starting to come in!  

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A vicarious adventure

Posted on September 24, 2023 by ksedinger

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 →

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A metamorphosis, completed

Posted on September 20, 2023 by ksedinger

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 →

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A metamorphosis, in progress

Posted on August 30, 2023 by ksedinger

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 →

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Thinking of the FLX

Posted on June 14, 2023 by ksedinger

From our trip to Seneca Lake last year….  

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At the Ridge….

Posted on June 5, 2023 by ksedinger

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 →

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Sounds of Ice

Posted on February 24, 2023 by ksedinger

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 →

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The deer next door

Posted on February 3, 2023 by ksedinger

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 →

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Nature Video Friday

Posted on October 7, 2022 by ksedinger

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 →

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