Great blue herons fly over our property frequently because it’s bordered by the West Chickamauga Creek. We also have flooding occasionally that transforms the lowlands of our property into a lake. We basically have a moat that comes up a few times a year. In fact, our moat was up within the last week. Great…
In Native American Lore, if you were born between December 22 – January 19, the Goose is considered your Birth Animal and the Woodpecker is considered your Polarity Animal. If you were born between June 22 – July 21, the Goose is your Polarity Animal and the Woodpecker is your Birth Animal. Canada Geese are fun…
Have you ever been so focused on one thing that you missed seeing opportunities or items that were right under your nose? I do this standing in our cluttered pantry. I expect it to be hard to find the molasses, for example, so it is. I give up for a while, come back later, and…
Monday, February 21, 2022 was the last day of the Great Backyard Bird Count. Since it rained in the afternoon, we only went out from 11:24 am – 12:30 pm. It was a very overcast day. The thing I learned was that I can’t get very good photos on an overcast day. Without the light,…
Sunday – February 20, 2022 was Day 3 of the Great Backyard Bird Count. I did one long session from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in our field in Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia. Here are the birds we counted: Mourning Dove – 10 Red-bellied Woodpecker – 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1 Female Carolina Wren –…
Saturday – February 19, 2022 is Day 2 of the Great Backyard Bird Count. We did 6 different eBird checklists today in Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia. We covered backroads from one side of Ringgold to the other. We spotted 21 different species of birds. I learned the hard way that any more than 2 checklists…
Today was the first day of the Great Backyard Bird Count of 2022, orchestrated by Cornell Labs and eBird.org. Dave and I went out twice to observe birds. The first time was in the morning between 10:20 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. ET. We logged what we saw in a checklist on eBird.org. It was much…
What I’m learning from the pandemic that could be one of the greatest gifts that God could give us … if we will learn to use it. My husband and I ended up getting Covid while we were in Arizona a few weeks ago. We’d held out without getting it til then. We’d spent the…
WARNING: Bird Watching May Be Habit Forming! This weekend (Friday, February 18th through Monday, February 21st) is the Great Backyard Bird Count created by Cornell Labs. They’re celebrating 25 years of birding. Cornell Labs is asking everyone to participate by going outside for at least 15 minutes and looking for birds, identifying them. counting them…
Ease your cold symptoms with nature’s ready medicinal plants – mullein, plantain and elderberry. Here’s my recipe for homemade, straight-from the-yard, Mullein, Plantain, Elderberry Tea.
