Tag Archives: ducklings

Smiling, Breathing, and Going Slow

Posted on June 13, 2022 by tinthia

Living in the moment…with large hornets. 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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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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Welcoming Back Old and New Friends

Posted on May 10, 2020 by tinthia

It’s May, as you already know, and this is the month when old friends return to my little corner of the Concord River. For example, my Rose-Breasted Grosbeak has come home to make her nest and raise her young. I … Continue reading →

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Finally!!!!!!!

Posted on July 30, 2019 by tinthia

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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Sometimes the tiniest things…

Posted on July 2, 2018 by tinthia
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…have the biggest impacts on our lives in ways we never see coming. My neighbor came by the other day with a box in hand. He wanted to know if I would try and help the baby duck he’d found. … Continue reading →

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Hours blend into days;

Posted on May 28, 2018 by tinthia

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With each passing day, time slips away like water through our fingers. Continue reading →

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Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Posted on August 1, 2017 by tinthia

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Hey Henry, Happy Belated Birthday. July marked the two hundredth birthday for Thoreau; July 12, to be exact. And since he loved meandering along the Concord River, I thought I’d start this post with a nod his way. Plus, the … Continue reading →

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The nursery is open for business!

Posted on May 22, 2016 by tinthia

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Oh baby, we have ducklings! No, not Franny’s ducklings. I haven’t seen Franny in a long time. Not sure if she’s sitting on her nest or became lunch for the eagle. However, Clemant is here. He and a group of … Continue reading →

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