Only one thing could be so important, so powerful, so very necessary to resurrect the blog and be delicious....

Convergence 2023

It has become

strangely quiet around here.

Moo!

Happy birthday to the bulls

A little ham with your turkey...

In honor of the season, I'm pleased to reacquaint you with the majestic, mysterious and alluring "Dance of Friendsgiving."  Wherever you are, and with whomever you're celebrating this year, we hope you enjoy the day!  ;)  A, JR & NJ

Where the wild things are

Wildlife spotted or heard in the yard heretofore:

• Chickadee
• White-breasted nuthatch
• Tufted titmouse
• Goldfinch
• Chipping sparrow
• Sharp-shinned hawk
• Red-shouldered hawk
• Pileated woodpecker
• Barred owl
• Long-eared owl
• Grey squirrel
• Red squirrel
• Chipmunk
• Woodchuck/groundhog
• Mole (just tunnel signs, no actual mole-sighting yet)

I'm not Marty Stouffer, but this is our Wild America.

a little PBS to brighten your day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Heirloom

It may not look like much, but by my next birthday (hopefully) this unassuming little vine will be filling our yard with one of my favorite scents.  This honeysuckle is a cutting from a plant that sent waves of sweetness through my childhood bedroom window all summer long.  That plant had, in turn, been a cutting from a healthy vine that lived at my Gram's house in West Newbury.  More than 70 years old, and now handed down to its third generation of women - still small, and getting its "feet" in, but it seems happy doesn't it?  So am I.