This is a dark, rainy morning. Tornado warnings are out for parts of Oklahoma. Yesterday, parts of Texas experienced some pretty wicked storms. Usually, I wake up to the sound of doves calling, robins chirping, and the neighborhood woodpecker drumming out his breakfast of bugs. But not this morning. This morning I woke to the […]
May 6, 2025
Nature’s Calendar
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The meadow at Manos Meadows, my home in Oklahoma for nearly forty years, was nature’s calendar, marking the changes from one season to the next. In the spring, daisies danced in the sun and wind carried the freshness of damp earth and renewed life. Hidden in tall grass, a quail called and another answered. […]
May 5, 2025
The Good Deed
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Sometimes good deeds have unintended consequences. Years ago, at our Manos Meadows home in Oklahoma, I found that out the hard way. It was spring and I was wandering around in the yard, enjoying the sound of birds singing and the feel of warm sunshine when I found a hapless little creature who had fallen […]
Apr 29, 2025
What a Nice Surprise!
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The herbs I planted in the container garden last year have all come back. They are green and minty smelling, just as healthy looking as they were last year. What a nice surprise! Last spring, I got some heirloom seeds from the museum downtown. The idea was that these would make plants that bees and […]
Apr 21, 2025
Hummingbirds
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Has a family of hummingbirds decided my back yard maple would be a good place for a nest? I’ve never seen a cat in that maple, but I’ve seen lots of squirrels. Maybe the tiny birds have attached their nest to a limb that’s too fragile for the weight of a squirrel. One can only […]
Jan 14, 2025
A Winter Morning
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It’s cold this morning, but not as cold as one year ago when the temperature was a shivery two degrees! The winter birds are enjoying the squirrel-proof feeder and I enjoy watching them enjoy it! Juncos, chickadees, finches, and cardinals–they need the oil in the black sunflower seeds, especially in this weather. Last night, the […]
