Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Finally a Monarch Butterfly #WordlessWednesday

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All summer I had not seen one Monarch butterfly.  Not one. Each year, there seem to be fewer and fewer of them. But, on Sunday, I finally sa...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

My Social Media Break Status

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Surprising myself, I have now (mostly) stayed off of social media (not counting blogging) for a little over three weeks with some minor exce...
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Monday, August 12, 2024

Thinking of the Outdoors #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday and it's time for music. Today I am joining up with other  Music Moves Me bloggers,  a group of music loving bloggers ...
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Sunday, August 11, 2024

Another Trail Joke #ShadowshotSunday

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I was saddened to see that the jokes I had seen written in chalk recently on the Vestal Rail Trail and Otsiningo Park were wiped clean by th...
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Saturday, August 10, 2024

Sassy Manx Caterday Musings

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Back in early July, I did a Wordless Wednesday post on a Manx farm cat named Sassy.   She lives at a You Pick blueberry farm we have frequen...
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Friday, August 9, 2024

Before the Deluge #SkywatchFriday

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Like sand through the hourglass (or is it water?).... ....so are the days of our rain.  This has been one rainy summer and now what is left ...
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Thursday, August 8, 2024

New York State in The New Severe Weather Zone?

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We've had an interesting summer here in New York State.  Tornadoes, up to now, have been rare, but they are becoming more common.  When ...
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Is It Time Yet? #WordlessWednesday

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Seen, on Sunday, at a farm market. As far as I'm concerned, NO.  Summer still has about six weeks to go - weeks hopefully filled with fr...
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Hiroshima 79th

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Today is the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, by the United States. August 6, 1945 was a Monday morni...
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Monday, August 5, 2024

Let's Get Sailing with some Yacht Rock #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday, and it's time for music! Today I join up with other  Music Moves Me bloggers,  a group of music loving bloggers who b...
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Sunday, August 4, 2024

Punny Shadow #ShadowshotSunday

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Over the last three or so weeks, someone has been chalking punny jokes on at least a couple of our walking trails.  I saw this one on the Ve...
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Saturday, August 3, 2024

Fun with Another Mystery Bird

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 This weekend, the major festival in our area, the Spiediefest, is taking place in a Binghamton park.  Thus begins an August full of music a...
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Friday, August 2, 2024

Memories of a Great Sunset #SkywatchFriday

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It's been almost two weeks since I saw this wonderful sunset. Let's set the scene, but first, let's look at this split sun as a ...
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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Cricket Song 2024

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 At lunchtime on Tuesday, July 30, spouse and I were out for a neighborhood walk on my work lunch break (I work remotely about 99% of the ti...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

End of July Flowers #WordlessWednesday

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 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day won't come around until August 15, but my flowers won't wait.  For your summer enjoyment, let's call ...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Rethinking Technology

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Sometimes, I feel like a lumbering dinosaur, refusing to adopt the latest and greatest.  My motto is "just because it's possible do...
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Monday, July 29, 2024

Singing of Tropical Paradise #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday, it's time for music, and I'm back from my blogging and social media break. So, who are the Music Moves Me blogger...
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Thursday, July 18, 2024

Three Sky Views #SkywatchFriday

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Yes, it's Thursday, not Friday, but today I am joining up with Yogi's SkywatchFriday later today when he posts the link (Link now be...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Bee and Fireflies #WordlessWednesday

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 Thank you, all who commented on my post yesterday announcing a blogging break starting Friday.  I appreciate your support.  I will not be p...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Announcing a Blogging Break

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For some time, I have been thinking of taking a blogging break.  I've been blogging daily since the beginning of May, 2011, although one...
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