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Testing the water

Although the temperature this morning was about 10 below, the sun was shining brightly all day long. At around noon I happened to look out my window and saw this little guy checking it out.

Wanna see a close up of him?

He stood like that facing the sun for at least 2 […]

Colorful

Although most trees have already lost their leaves, a few things in my yard are just now putting on their shows.

Here’s a spirea, flaming color at the top.

Ignore the power poles and line in this photo (should have taken it from someplace else) and just focus on that Bradford pear tree. Deep […]

500 Steps

Although the temperature was about 31 degrees this morning, it’s a beautiful, sunny, Autumn afternoon. I took my camera with me when I went for a walk. I spent the first part of the walk looking up.

I don’t recall oaks having this many colors. Usually they go from green to a brief span of […]

Visitors

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this hen turkey and her chicks off & on for several weeks on my morning walk. When I first saw them mom had 5 babies. I’m sure she started with more — maybe as many as a dozen. Baby wild turkeys are easy prey for lots of animals. […]

Back in the saddle

As planned, on Thursday I got back to weaving. Not as many hours as I’d planned – life always intervenes, but still I finally finished HR’s custom baby wrap.

Here’s a shot of how the space-dyed yarn works in her wrap. In hindsight, we might have wanted to choose a variegation with a bit more […]