Tag Archives: wood ticks

It’s a dangerous world outside our front door…

We’re living in dangerous times, my friends. It’s getting quite scary to open the front door. We have eight–I repeat, eight–ruby-throated hummingbirds buzzing and squawking and hollering and dive-bombing anything that walks, flies or carries a camera.

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Pounding rain, salmon fillets & old cars in the woods

Random Memorial Day facts. 1.  It is Memorial Day. 2.  A red-breasted robin pulls worms from the wet green grass outside the kitchen window. 3.  It rained cats & dogs an hour ago.  Thunder rumbled.  Lightening sizzled.  The electricity flashed … Continue reading

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Reluctantly turning from health care back to the woods.

Christopher, dear son, pardon me. I know I just told you–not a half hour ago–that I wasn’t writing a blog for a long time. No. People could just read my health care rant over and over and over again. And … Continue reading

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Streams, Bluebird & Wood ticks

I had no intention of writing a blog today.  Other things to do, you know.  First, work at the school.  It’s a long story why I was working on Tuesday instead of Monday (my usual day) but I will not … Continue reading

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Hark! Who goes there in the swamp?

  Do you remember yesterday’s dilemma?  To seek the wild morel mushroom in the woods or sit at home with a headache?  You will be pleased to know that I opted for the morel hunt.  Headed out for the sacred grounds … Continue reading

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Who will win? Headache or morel mushrooms?

Who among us has a headache?  Who among us knows it’s time to wander in the woods to the Secret Morel Mushroom Spot and determine if the elusive mushrooms will exist this year?  Or will it be a sparse year … Continue reading

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