One of two found in the yard.
Flying Squirrel
One of two found in the yard.
It’s About Time
“This way lies madness.”
Happy New Year everyone.
(Wait, is it already 2014 in New Zealand and Australia, or still 2013? Or already January 2, and you folks are past the hangover part and well into shamed regret?)
Foxing
Arrived home at dusk one evening to find a young Gray Fox mousing in the yard. Beautiful animal.
A few years ago we gave up the pretense of a suburban lawn. Waaay too much work, and never cared for it anyway. Replanted with a no-mow grass and let it grow, then let the rest go back to wild. Almost immediately the wildlife returned.
a second a day of a year of a life
One second of every day of one persons life for a year.
How compelling even the most mundane parts of life, when fleeting. Isn’t it all?
Earth Wind
The Big Picture
This is very cool. Wind patterns around the globe, in real time. Gathered from NOAA data and mapped onto the Earth’s sphere.
Rotate it. Zoom in.
On this night, December 15, 2013, there’s some serious blows going down between Nova Scotia and Labrador, and across the isthmus of Mexico, while Capes Horn and Good Hope are relatively quiet.
There does, however, appear to a nasty cyclonishness twisting off Japan:
Chickahominy River Revisited
Amanda happy on the Chickahominy
More snow, sleet and freezing rain today. A good day to sit by the fire and look at pictures of summer.
One of the trips that didn’t get posted was a quick one to the Chickahominy late in the season. Amanda called one evening as I was driving home from work, and said “Let’s go sailing this weekend.” Powerful arm-twisting words, those are.
My Dreamhouse
I don’t want much.
credit: Off-shore fishing cabin in Port Mansfield, TX. Contributed by Christian Heuer.
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