I think this time of year is one of my favorites. The daffodils are blooming and the yard is greening up and the migrating birds are starting to arrive. Most of the new arrivals came on Cinco de Mayo and have been very active since. There is finally abundant food for the deer. They have […]

I am lagging in my posting again. I really want to put up some recent pictures but want to clear the backlog too. So here is all of April in one fell swoop. Cooper Hawk The turkeys have been busy around the house. Turkeys The deer stop by occasionally as well. Deer Hawk Mockingbird The

The critters outside think that spring is actually going to come. Turkeys We have been putting scratch food under the feeders and seem to be attracting the turkeys. Scratch Food The ground finally unfroze and the feeder collapsed so we had to reset it. We couldn’t do it while the ground was frozen. Reset Bird

Celebrating everything Pi (π) on Thursday, March 14, 2019 (3.14) at the Moeller’s 5:00 to 8:00 PM at 27 Lubberland Drive….. BYOB and Bring a Pi to share: Shepherd’s Pi, Meat Pi, Chicken Pot Pi, Pizza Pi Apple Pi, Pumpkin Pi, Key Lime Pi Anything π A link to last year’s celebration:  LINK HERE We had another successful

There was more snow and cold in early March this year. I guess Old Man Winter just didn’t want to let go. Two Eagles on the Point Crows Deer Turkeys Mark feeding the birds Even the turkeys think Spring is coming……….. Mark and Wink

It is already the end of March and I haven’t blogged yet for March and still have February content to share. I suppose it is a form of writer’s block. I don’t want to do the March postings until I have completed the February but don’t seem to find the motivation to get it done.

Just before Valentines Day we got some rain. The deer and turkeys have been quite active. The neighbors have seen as many as twenty deer at a time. We have not seen more than twelve to fourteen deer at a time. The deer seem healthy in spite of the pressure. However they are eating plants

We finally got some snow near the middle of February. It was wet heavy sloppy stuff. We started with five to eight inches of light snow and switched over to wintry mix and rain that turned it into heavy mush. That is no fun to get off the driveway, walks and deck as it tends

January slipped by with just three storms. It is early February and we are getting even more rain. We have been seeing lots of turkeys and deer. We have even seen the turkeys and deer at the same time. Their interaction was interesting to say the least. The deer are hungry and have even been

The third winter storm doesn’t seem like much on the face of it. We got four or five inches of snow over night followed by a dusting to three inches the next night. But the real thrust of the storm is the polar vortex and the extreme cold. Our cold is moderated a little by