Saturday, August 02, 2008

Osprey!

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I was working on the driveway (OK, I was working on the weeds in the mix of gravel and dirt out front), when I heard big flapping. Looked up...
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Already August

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The week has been sunny-ish, humid; yesterday was beautiful, but I was trapped working indoors, looking through the windows towards the beac...
Monday, July 28, 2008

... and Yesterday's Storm

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... and this was before it really got started. Then it was time to shut the door, tight, and stay away from the windows. Well-washed wetla...

Weathered

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These were sunset, a few days ago. I liked the way the pink sky was reflected in the creek and wetland ponds. The morning after a storm
Sunday, July 27, 2008

I have never seen a storm like that

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They recorded winds at over 55 mph at Shirley airport half an hour ago. Ten minutes before that, I was in the garden, collecting a couple of...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

First tomato!

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We Have Weather

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Storms yesterday, all night, and today. A front of storms passing over New York state, moving south to north, thunderstorm after thunderstr...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Saw something creepy on TV

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Well... when your long-faithful pet passes away, you don't have to bury him or her, nor do you have to resort to cremation. You might ev...

Sunday pics

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Egret at the wetlands beach A gaggle of geese Egret and heron meeting... or is it Gandalf the Grey, and Gandalf the White?

Yard sale for our village-to-be! Donate and be there!

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GIANT COMMUNITY YARD SALE Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008 Place: Ducky Lane, Mastic Beach Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm All proceeds will be dona...
Saturday, July 19, 2008

Wanderin' 'round

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Went out to see where all the geese were headed--fifteen or more had just sailed down the creek towards the bay, and more flew overhead--bu...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

Big bird needs big branch to perch on

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It's an egret, in a tree, right across the wetlands.

What a nice surprise!

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The hibiscus I planted at the end of the pond is blooming: the flowers are huge, six inches across, magnificent! I had no idea the flowers w...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Words of Wisdom from Monty Don

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http://books.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2282286,00.html#article_continue If you've never read his books, READ THEM. Yes he's a televisi...

And cicadas, definitely

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Gentle, high-pitched cicadas last night. No machine-gun rattlers... yet. Just a gentle background noise, so gentle it's like it was alwa...

All those trees!

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Back from a couple of days up the coast in Boston, MA (where I saw little more than the airport, the concrete walls of the freeway and tunne...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Misty sunrise

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Egret dance

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Early evening, clouds arrive after a beautiful summer's day. The egrets playing, three together, over and in the wetlands. We went to ...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

No gas? Good!

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Seeing more and more sailboats out on the bay. So tranquil... And more and more bicycles on the streets. Maybe an oil price crisis isn'...
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First fruits!

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Vine tomatoes growing on the trellis behind the garden deck "Hot Banana" peppers ... and snap peas.