Archive for October, 2007

Giving Back

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

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Most of you who know me personally know I’m very vocal on ethics and conservation. As a life-long naturalist. it’s in my blood. That was my message at my art show and will continue to be what drives me forward in the years ahead.. for what we do to the creatures […]

Planning (and planting) for Spring

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

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I took the above image a couple years ago from a local e hospital parking lot..my face was being pelted by a strong blizzard but I witnessed something quite magical.. the waxwings were snatching huge snowflakes out of the air. There were dozens of them, perched in a floweing crab […]

The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

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Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she’s gone.
Lennon/McCartney
Ome of my aides raises and breeds peacocks- both green and […]

Rasberry Feathers

Monday, October 1st, 2007

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Dipped in rasberry, your colors so bright..
A shy little finch, Phoebe jumps and then you take flight.
But you’ll return again, and stay with the snow..
We enjoy you all year. with plumage that glows.
~C. Mead
This has been a banner year for Purple Finch at our home. The’re a skittish bird, but if […]