A glance out the kitchen window, Tuesday morning, revealed high drama underway in our back yard. There on the lawn was a hawk the approximate size of the mastodons whose bones are on display at our natural history museum. Not only was the bird large, but it seemed to have at least four wings, all… Continue reading Redtail and Cygnets
Month: April 2023
Blossoms, Birds, and Quarters
You never know what lies ahead in the spring. Around the neighborhood, people with broken magnolias have chosen not to remove branches that are still in any way attached to the trees. Massive limbs resting on the ground are in full glorious bloom—bloody, but unbowed, to use Henley’s words. Who knows what the owners will… Continue reading Blossoms, Birds, and Quarters
Eighty-Three Degrees
Eighty-three degrees. We are not yet halfway through April, and the temperature this afternoon is eighty-three degrees. Dave Rexroth, chief meteorologist for Channel 7 Action News, says we may get snow next week, but today we have eighty-three degrees. The weather is prompting odd behaviors. This morning, for instance, I saw a man putting… Continue reading Eighty-Three Degrees
Buds and Allelujas
Lawn extensions around town remain strewn with branches brought down by this winter’s destructive combination of ice, snow, and wind. The branches come from all kinds of trees, including ornamentals. Weeks ago, Anne handed me some downed pieces of her juneberry and, after some time in a vase of water, they bloomed. It was a… Continue reading Buds and Allelujas