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Category Archives: Life on the Concord River
Stop playing games with my head!
I’m referring to Old Man Time. He’s messing with my head again and I want him to stop! “Old man time, he’s so mean; Meanest man you’ve ever seen.” (Lyrics from the song.) And he’ll play tricks with your mind, … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, birds, blog about life, Blogger, blogs, butterflies, crickets, ducks, end of summer, hawks of massachusetts, herons, hummingbirds, painted turtles, photography, snakes, summer 2019, summertime, sunset
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Silent Summer
On September 27, 1962, Rachel Carson published her infamous book Silent Spring, chronicling the disastrous affect pesticides have on the environment. I’d love to write that in the 57 years since Silent Spring was published we’ve learned how to work … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, environmental science book, great blog about living on a river, great blog about nature, hummingbird moths, hummingbirds, milkweed caterpillars, monarch butterflies, Monarch caterpillars, nature blogs, nature photography, pesticides and toxins, Rachel Carson, ruby-throated hummingbirds, sage_grouse, silent spring, songbirds of New England
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Contagion
In the movie Contagion, Gwyneth Paltrow’s character received a virus from a chef she came in contact with in Macau. The chef got the virus from the carcass of a pig which got the virus from a chunk of banana … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, avian conjunctivitis, avoiding disease at your bird feeders, bird diseases and illnesses, bird feeders, blind birds, cleaning bird feeders, concord river, contagion, disinfecting bird feeders, eye disease in American goldfinches, feeding the birds, guidelines for feeding songbirds, house finch eye disease, nature blog, outbreak, River Lady, songbirds at the feeders, species jumping, tinthia clemant, vectors, wildlife blog
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Finally!!!!!!!
It took her long enough! I’ve been patient, I have, but I’d given up hope at ever seeing chicks this season when what do I see, a proud hen with six cute, little ducklings. It took her long enough. She … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, baby ducks, Blogger, chick, cute, ducklings, ducks, flocks, hens, Mallards, photography, wildlife
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Summer 2019
Ralph Waldo Emerson is quoted as writing The earth laughs in flowers. If that is the case, my little corner of the Concord River is a raucous riot of laughter. My gardens are a blaze with color to welcome the … Continue reading
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Tagged aesop fables, best books summer 2019, caprese salad recipe, Ella Fitzgerald, fishing, flowers hummingbirds love, gardening blogs, gardens and flowers, heron catching fish, summer, summer 2019, summertime foods, summertime porty and bess, the ants and the grasshoppers, wildlife and animals
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Stranger Things
Life on the Concord River is getting stranger as the weather warms up. Continue reading
Time to Say Goodbye
Yesterday, my white rabbit, Stew, aka Hazel, but mostly Stew, died in my arms while we were at the vet. She’d been acting weird for the past few weeks, some days happily hopping around her indoor pen, while on other … Continue reading
The Magic of My World
I wish I could take you by the hand and show you the magic of my world in real time. You’d hear the song of the Northern Cardinal, and feel the scented breeze on your skin as the sun warms … Continue reading
A Month of Wonder and Delight
Welcome to May. Beltane. The position on the wheel of the year that marks the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. A time to frolic like a randy squirrel. Before the festivities begin, let’s take a … Continue reading
Look out!
They’re coming in fast! I’m behind in my posting of the ruby-throated migration map and I am so very sorry. Get your feeders up NOW! It’s a wave of red and they’re going to be hungry. Remember, four parts water … Continue reading
