Thursday, June 13, 2024

The Catalpa and the Climate #ThursdayTreeLove

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Everything in Nature seems to be so sped up this year.  I know the winter was mild, but still... I've done an annual (or nearly annual) ...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Time to Feed the Young #WordlessWednesday

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Many of our local birds are raising families right now.  Even after the young leave the nest, certain species of birds continue to feed thei...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Forever in First Grade

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Tomorrow, Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut is holding its high school graduation. Before I go any further in my blog post, I must...
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Monday, June 10, 2024

Musical Questions #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday, and time for music. It's time for Music Moves Me! The bloggers of Music Moves Me blog about music each Sunday or Mon...
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Sunday, June 9, 2024

Heirloom Roses #ShadowshotSunday

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Roses at Cutler Botanic Gardens, Binghamton, New York, May 31. Rose York and Lancaster, which dates from before 1551.  I love how not all th...
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Saturday, June 8, 2024

The Miracle Pansy

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 Every spring, I can't wait to plant something.  Usually, it's pansies or violas from a nearby nursery planted in a hanging basket. ...
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Friday, June 7, 2024

June 1 Skies #SkywatchFriday

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The sky is always changing. Mid morning June 1. The sky is full of clouds. What kind of day will we have, I wonder? It turned out to be quit...
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Thursday, June 6, 2024

The 80th Anniversary of The Longest Day

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On June 6, 1944, over 160,000 Allied troops landed on a 50 mile stretch of French beaches at Normandy to begin one of the greatest invasion...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Yea or Nay? #WordlessWednesday

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I used to play a game with my Facebook friends every now and then when I saw an intriguing limited edition flavor of Oreo cookies.  I'd ...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Received - One Hummingbird

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I was literally writing a post that started "Please, hummingbirds.  Please stop your boycott of my yard.   We don't know what we di...
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Monday, June 3, 2024

Wedding Music #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday and it's time for music. It's time for Music Moves Me! The bloggers of Music Moves Me blog about music each Sunda...
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Sunday, June 2, 2024

Labyrinth #ShadowshotSunday

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A labyrinth in a local botanical garden is the topic of today's Shadowshot Sunday, brought to us by Lisa at Lisa's Garden Adventures...
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Saturday, June 1, 2024

Neighbors

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Time marches on.  People come and go.  Neighborhoods change. A next door neighbor bought their house in 1989.  A couple of weeks ago, it wen...
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Friday, May 31, 2024

Late May Storm Clouds #SkywatchFriday

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We, here in the Southern Tier of New York State, were spared the terrible storms that many in the United States were subjected to this past ...
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Thursday, May 30, 2024

Crystal Bridges and a Weather Disaster

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 I am on the email list of a museum in Benton County, Arkansas called Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.  It isn't just any museum,...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Avanti #WordlessWednesday

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At a car show earlier this month, I saw a car make I had never heard of. Avanti. Here are two views of the car.   It was the headlights that...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

The Flowers of Late May

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I want to celebrate this month before it speeds past me.   So let's take a minute to stop and soak in the beauty of the flowers in my fr...
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Monday, May 27, 2024

In-A-Gadda-Da-Memories #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday, it's Memorial Day in the United States, and it's time for music. The bloggers of Music Moves Me blog about music ...
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Sunday, May 26, 2024

Honoring Memorial Day 2024

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In the United States, Memorial Day is tomorrow.  First, a memory. In 2002, my spouse, son, and I were on our way from our home in New York S...
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Saturday, May 25, 2024

Shadows on a Late May Morning #ShadowshotSunday

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 Taken this morning at our local rail trail, as we had a beautiful, sunny morning: What a shame dame's rocket is an invasive wildflower....
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