Life In The Slow Lane
Posted in Nature on Mar 10th, 2010
With Spring in the air, the birds have started house hunting around here. I had a wren flying around in the greenhouse this morning. After I managed to convince it to leave, I saw where it was trying to start a nest in a pot of chives.
That prompted me to check the bluebird houses. I’m [...]
Posted in Nature on Feb 20th, 2010
This is one sequel I was not surprised to see. After a few days of “playing nice” and only eating the seeds which fell to the ground, our less-than-favorite squirrel was back – this time at the biggest feeder. So much for greasing the metal hanger!
As soon as I opened the door, he heard me [...]
Posted in Nature, Photography on Feb 10th, 2010
Posted in Nature on Feb 6th, 2010
My dad loved to feed the birds. He even made a special pole-mounted feeder to discourage the tree squirrels from eating all the bird seed. He also fed his squirrels to keep them away from the feeder. At least, that was the excuse he used. I suspect he really just had a soft spot for [...]
Posted in Nature, Photography on Jan 6th, 2010
Posted in Nature, Photography on Dec 20th, 2009
Forgive me for shouting, but WE HAVE BLUEBIRDS! Can you tell I am excited???
We saw our first bluebirds at Happy Acres this week. I had them for years at my old place across the river. They were there already on the old farmstead when I showed up in 1984, and their descendants were still there [...]
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