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Rain, Mom’s Coleslaw dressing & nursing deer

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Kathy

All day long it has rained. Rain, rain, rain. The skies open their gray curtains and water drips everywhere:  on grass, on dandelions, on trees, on robins, on hummingbirds, on fawns nursing against Mama Deer. I stay inside all day.  No … Continue reading →

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The U.P. woods say “Hello!”

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Kathy

Unfurling fern                

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Soft doe seeking green nibbles outside bathroom window

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Kathy

 

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Dining with the eagles

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Kathy

The question of the day really isn’t about the eagles dining out on the Keweenaw Bay. The question is:  How in the world did that dead deer get out on the ice? Did the deer run out on the ice, … Continue reading →

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Visit this weird blog at your discretion. Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Kathy

Happy Halloween, blog readers!  I hope you are enjoying your trick-or-treat holiday. Offering you some football photos from the other night.  (Remember?  The football “date” my husband and I went on the other night?  After the train photos?  OK, you … Continue reading →

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Do squirrels eat wild mushrooms & do you like questions more than answers?

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Kathy

You’re wondering if red squirrels eat wild mushrooms, aren’t you?  You’re wondering if I really saw a red squirrel fiercely chomp into a wild mushroom, leap five inches into the air, grab the wild mushroom between its jaws and run … Continue reading →

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Desperation in the woods

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Kathy

I have been a little sad all day. Here is what happened last night. It was raining in the forest. Wet, wild raindrops beat down from the sky. I looked out the window–at the clearing behind the garage–and saw a … Continue reading →

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The dangers of thinking too much about writing a blog

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Kathy

Dear beginning bloggers and stuck bloggers and bored bloggers and worried bloggers:   Do you want to know my blogging advice to you?  (As if you don’t know already after reading the headline!)  Don’t think too much.  Don’t think too much … Continue reading →

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Do not expect to see a curled up baby fawn in this blog.

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Kathy

I dialed up the Universe this morning. They put me through to the Divine Operator right away. “Hey!  How you doing?” I inquired politely.  “Say, any chance of arranging for me to see a curled up baby fawn today?  Please?  Please?  … Continue reading →

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The day of the dead birds

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Kathy

  Our day is now complete.  We have gazed into the secret inner world of a tulip and she has whispered her secrets to us.   Don’t you simply thrill to hear what her perfume says?  She urges us to linger … Continue reading →

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