And Other Bad Words
I took this at Jack’s graduation, which was held at a covered pavilion during a nor’easter.
A portion of the seating was on the windy side, so people were sitting away from it to avoid spray. That gave a small number of birds a chance to come in and wait out the storm.
We’ve acquired a new resident in our local lake.
I didn’t know that river otters are native to our area, but they are. They were hunted for fur and became rare – but not extinct. Now they’re coming back.
Winter seems like an odd time to move in. The lake is busy freezing over.
Ah well, I welcome our strange new neighbor anyway.
A few photos over the last couple of days.
Our local library sponsored a guided bird-watching walk through the cemetery across the street. Most people brought binoculars. I brought my camera and a zoom lens. Here are the highlights:
Beta made a child-appropriate educational video as part of her senior project. She did a great job. Enjoy!
The forecast was for “a coating to an inch of snow, over by morning.”
That… isn’t what happened.
This sassy little chipmunk likes to sit on our fence and chirp at the world. Here he is in the middle of one of his rants.
Make sure you turn up your volume to hear the barrage of chirps.
Mama Woodchuck is not up to having guests at her family’s garden party…
The reason that ill-tempered Canadians don’t exist is that when a Canadian becomes mean they are magically transformed into a Canada goose, and flap off to find a flock.