October 1, and there is still hummingbird action in the woodland garden. Prior years had fall storms and hurricanes bringing the torrential rain and wind, and that usually meant the end of hummer season. Last year they were gone by September 6th – I can’t recall the storm but it meant they moved south – […]
Archive for the ‘Interesting’ Category
You’re still here? It’s over!
Posted in Flora, Interesting on October 1, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
They DO exist!
Posted in Fauna, Interesting on September 6, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Here I am weeding away around a nesting box, which I thought totally abandoned. It is September after all and from this time of year on through the winter the only residents I’ve observed in the past don’t have feathers and don’t fly. Imagine my surprise as a little creature lept from the tiny doorway […]
Summer is here!
Posted in Flora, Interesting on July 22, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it has been here for some time now, but it took some time to heat up this year. The tropical plants on the porch have survived the cool June nights and are now adding new leaves. As for the garden, the sunnier spots are in full bloom with milkweed, butterflyweed and beebalm feeding monarchs, […]
Need additional ideas?
Posted in Interesting on May 7, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Every year I make the promise to keep up with the blog, but every time I find myself spending any available time in the garden, sometimes from dawn to dusk. Many plants have not yet found their story and image on this blog, I am afraid. Hopefully this site is not your only source of […]
Call me Cylon
Posted in Fauna, Interesting on May 11, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
I know, the title is an odd reference to the cybernetic antagonists in the old Battlestar Galactica science fiction series, but the male hummingbird that arrived in the garden a week or two ago reminded me of one of those robots with the red “eye” going from side to side. Said hummer went face to […]
Winter Hikes on Cape Cod
Posted in Guest blogger, Interesting, tagged cape cod hikes;, cape cod walks, winter walks on cape cod on April 17, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
I am titling this post “winter hikes” not winter walks, because the place on Cape Cod we’ve most recently explored has offered a much more rigorous workout than our previous walks. This walk was yet another one we found in The Nature of Cape Cod by Beth Schwarzman; I am honestly not sure how we’ve […]
Back in the swing of things
Posted in Interesting, Rants & Raves on April 14, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while since I contributed to the blog. Blame it on lack of time, or not finding the muse, who knows. It was not for lack of floral display or animal behavior in the yard. Sometimes you just don’t feel like doing something, and there is no exact timeline for regaining your appetite. […]
How My Pet Helps Me See The Wilderness in My Cape Cod Backyard
Posted in Fauna, Guest blogger, Interesting on October 17, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
We recently got a new pet, and he is far more interested in animals than our previous pet was. We don’t let him run around the yard without a leash with concern that he would devastate the wildlife we are trying to cultivate (or become a victim of wildlife himself). However his keen eyesight and interest […]
Dethroned
Posted in Flora, Interesting on April 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
In the 5 or so years I have maintained this blog I have been keen on logging the first flowering native plant. Every year rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) has been the first to emerge with flowers they usually emerge in early to mid April. I was expecting the same hum-drum consistency and reliability. Not this […]
Trapeze artist
Posted in Fauna, Interesting on August 27, 2015 | Leave a Comment »