Last month when I was down by the creek, I thought I saw some bear scat. I wasn’t sure, because I’ve only seen it once, and that was two years ago. But the folks at the New River General told me that there have been black bear sightings in the area for the last year [...]
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Morning Webs and the Grits Mess
September 14th, 2008 · No Comments · flora and fauna, recipes
I don’t know if the seemingly inordinate number of morning spider webs I’ve been seeing lately means anything, like a hard winter, early frost, or anything like that, but they make some cool photos. Here are a couple for your perusal. The Grits Mess Anne tends to eat healthier than I do, particularly when it [...]
Living with Critters
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · flora and fauna
One of the least pleasant aspects of country life is the variety and number of critters with whom we often share our humble little cottage. For the first couple of Decembers when I came down for the weekend, I found the place overrun with mice and ladybugs. The mice I expected, but the hundreds of [...]
Serendipity and photography
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · photos
Serendipity is defined as “the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.” Serendipity occurs in photography all the time. At least it does in my photography. I just point the lens and let ‘er rip and hope for the best. In this shot I was just trying [...]
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Flora and Fauna
August 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · flora and fauna
That funny looking insect you may have seen in your garden recently that resembles a bumblebee on steriods or a dwarf hummingbird is neither. It’s Hemaris Diffinis, the Snowberry Clearwing or Bumblebee moth. This day-flying moth is a member of the family Sphigidae, the same as the tomato hornworm. It hovers over flowers, in full [...]
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