Category Archives: Fauna

Cardigan Welsh Corgi’s (and chickens) are like potato chips. You can’t have just one.

No, no you’re not

Posted on 06/13/2013 by Jenny

If you have to announce it, it isn’t true

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Carrion glee

Posted on 04/24/2013 by Jenny

A hawk was stooping on magpies on our snow day earlier this week. He nailed one. A murder of ravens arrived out of nowhere and harassed the hell out of the hawk until it gave up its tasty treat. The … Continue reading →

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More birds

Posted on 04/22/2013 by Jenny

Our chicken run is a wreck of mud and flood. Most of the backyard is under a couple feet of snow. The chickens are disgruntled. I carried them to the front yard. Glee! Plus more geese are arriving at Loussac.

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Spring haiku

Posted on 04/19/2013 by Jenny

Breakup. Crocus rise thru snow Geese arrive all wing weary Five gallons of poo

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More birds

Posted on 04/03/2013 by Jenny

I ate lunch at Cuddy park today. Last month the ravens were abundant and deep in mating season. Love how thge males puff their head feathers into ears and court the ladies. Today there was the usual absurd duck abundance … Continue reading →

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Bird!

Posted on 03/30/2013 by Jenny

Heard then saw the first gull this year. Bittersweet – they are harbingers of spring but also mean ravens will soon depart.

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Spring sheep

Posted on 03/30/2013 by Jenny

Bing continues with crate rest so Kate did some herding today. It was fairly warm (high 30’s? Low 40’s?) and the sheep were cooperative so Kate did well. As usually, Elizabeth laughed and enjoyed being out with the animals. Our … Continue reading →

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Dahlias

Posted on 03/22/2013 by Jenny

I bought three dahlia tubers (bulbs?) from The Persistent Farmer at the Center Farmers Market. I haven’t grown dahlias before and am looking forward to learning about them. I asked Rob, the farmer, to choose for me as I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Spring

Posted on 03/11/2013 by Jenny

This time a year ago there was a record amount of snow on the ground, our Cardigan Welsh Corgi Kate was very pregnant, as was I. Scott and I were in Providence Hospital, 7 months pregnant and very ill. Today … Continue reading →

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Greater daylight

Posted on 02/01/2013 by Jenny

Sunrise was at 9:19 AM today and sunset at 5:10 PM. We are nearly up to 8 hours of daylight which is very exciting. We are gaining 5 minutes of daylight a day!

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