Saturday, September 30, 2023

Raising the Owl Box

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While the tree guys were here , they cranked my owl box up another 12 feet or so. It’s held up with a french cleat and four lag bolts, as it...

A Six-part Immigration Reform Platform

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Over on the Book of Faces , a friend asked the question, above. A good question in an area I have some expertise in, as well as some thou...
Friday, September 29, 2023

There's a Harvest Moon Tonight

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I love this song by Neil Young. For those in Maryland , we’ll be having a Full Moon, also known as a Harvest Moon on Friday, September 29. A...

Loading the Chipper This Morning

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This is the last day of forest cleaning . The rest of the day is spreading 70 cubic yards of wood chips on the forest floor. Bill Butler con...

Spreading Wood Chips on the Forest Floor

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Starting to put chips on forest floor next to driveway. Person in middle for scale. We have *tall* trees. Only about 60 feet back from...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

I Hate Black Widow Spiders

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Lifting and moving railroad ties today for yard steps, and this spider was under one of the ties. I killed it with a flick of my nail. Pre...

Big Ash Trunk

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This is part of a huge ash that must have come down a year or two ago. The tree hung up in the background is coming down to the ground too...

Thirty One Gallons of Acorns

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This is over 31 gallons of acorns , collected by me and picked up by the state to start new tree seedlings. I could pick up this amount tomo...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Pictures From My Wee Woods

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

How Quickly, How Easily

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By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Monday, September 25, 2023

More Thinning Out of the Dead and Fallen

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Sunday, September 24, 2023

A Weird Little Tree

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Assume some sort of virus infection , but who knows?
Saturday, September 23, 2023

Grandson Starts to Stand

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His two top teeth are coming in too. A very happy and calm baby.
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

We’re Happy And We Know It

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Outside magazine has name Frederick, Maryland one of the top 15 happiest towns in America.
Monday, September 18, 2023

The Leash Laws of the Old West

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Sunday, September 17, 2023

Ray Bradbury and the Fear of Books

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From The Martian Chronicles , Ray Bradbury’s 1949 sci-fi classic:
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Friday, September 08, 2023

Big Blow Down

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One of the uprooted blow-downs . This was inside the forest line.
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Thursday, September 07, 2023

A Bomb Blast of a Storm

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A powerful windstorm, lasting only about 15 minutes, has left our forest looking like a war zone.  We lost at least 12 100-foot trees in 10 ...

It’s All Fun and Games Until…

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Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Exploring Four Local Parks This Week

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Tuesday, September 05, 2023

The Band as Babies

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THE BAND: Rick Danko (20 years old), Richard Manuel (20), Levon Helm (23), Garth Hudson (26 and still beardless) and Robbie Robertson (20).
Monday, September 04, 2023

Not Creepy At All

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Frankenstein author Mary Shelley kept her dead husband’s heart and carried it with her for almost 30 years until she died in 1851. It was f...
Sunday, September 03, 2023

THIS WEEK…

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World War II begins this week, 1939. World War II ends this week, 1945.
Saturday, September 02, 2023

This Should Not Be Controversial

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Friday, September 01, 2023

A Forest In a Bucket

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I’ve collected 5 gallons of acorns from the front and side yard in just a week.
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Separated At Birth?

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Training Saves Lives

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Old Barns Are Always Cool

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60 Years Ago Today

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