Tag Archives: animals

The Circle Continues

Posted on November 14, 2021 by tinthia

The Circle of Life is a concept that many people know about. It speaks to the recycling of living tissue, both plant and animal, to death and back to another life form. Grass (or in my case garden mums) to … Continue reading →

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Creature Comforts

Posted on September 3, 2021 by tinthia

Imagine an eerie sound waking you from a sound sleep. That’s what happened a few nights ago. The time was around 1:30 AM and, as already mentioned, I was fast asleep, dreaming of my two favorite men, no doubt — … Continue reading →

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She…He…It’s Baaaaaack!

Posted on June 11, 2021 by tinthia

The duckling count is dropping. The piddly number of six ducklings is now down to five and I don’t have to look very far to find the reason why. Now, I’m not implying that the snapping turtle is snapping up … Continue reading →

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Just when I had given up all hope!

Posted on June 7, 2021 by tinthia

I’m a grandmother. Continue reading →

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Freaky Spring

Posted on May 29, 2021 by tinthia

It’s been one heck of a freaky spring, here on the Concord River. Continue reading →

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A Journey of a Thousand Blog Posts

Posted on April 16, 2021 by tinthia

Life moves at a steady pace on the Concord River. Continue reading →

Posted in Life on the Concord River | Tagged a journey of a thousand steps, abundance, animals, birds, blogs, blogs about life, death, ducks, flowers, gardening, Gardens, goldfinch, grief, hummingbirds, joy, life, Mallards, musings about life, nature blogs, pets, songbirds, sorry, wildlife | 2 Comments

My Pocket Had a Hole In It

Posted on February 4, 2021 by tinthia

Well, it seems my pocket of joy had a hole at the bottom because all my joy leaked out. Today I sent my cat of 18 years to that great lap in the sky. Shad was a great cat. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Life on the Concord River | Tagged animals, blog about losing a pet, cats, kitty, losing a cat, losing a kitty cat, pet dying, pets, putting a pet to sleep, Why is losing a cat so hard? | 3 Comments

Lift the Veil

Posted on October 31, 2020 by tinthia

Samhain 2020 Today is October 31, which means today is Samhain, a Celtic sabbat that should not be confused with Halloween, which also falls on October 31 but is Christian in its roots. Samhain (pronounced saa-win) is celebrated from October … Continue reading →

Posted in Life on the Concord River | Tagged All Souls Day, animal blog, animals, Autumn 2020, birds, Day of the Dead, gardening, halloween, hydrangeas, mother nature, nature, October 2020, Samhain 2020, snow on hydrangeas, snowfall, songbird photography, wildlife blog | Leave a comment

What is essential?

Posted on August 1, 2020 by tinthia

How does one determine what is and isn’t essential? Consider this caterpillar; is it essential? It’s a cool caterpillar that lives in oak leaf litter. It flips over to show its pinkish-purple belly, thus playing dead. Eventually it will finish … Continue reading →

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Death on the Nile

Posted on June 10, 2020 by tinthia

Okay, it’s not really the Nile, it’s the Concord River, but my river does flow north, just like the Nile, and I have been watching past episodes of Poirot, the British mystery drama, and there has been a death, so, … Continue reading →

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