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What a Tangled Web

I’m not often an early riser, but maybe I should do so more often. What a lovely start to the day. We had a surprisingly chilly 32F summer morning, with frost over ground still wet from a light rain last night. At 7:00 am, the Alaskan sun was already out and bright, if not addingContinue reading “What a Tangled Web”

Squirrel Tales

We finally seem to have a new resident red squirrel. Our fluffy, well-fed girl, Maude, disappeared last summer, after reigning over our bird feeders and nearby birch trees for several years, leaving our yard completely squirrel-less. When she disappeared, we scanned the trees for weeks, but were not rewarded by a single fluffy tail orContinue reading “Squirrel Tales”

Bird Wars

A shotgun blast of 40-50 Pine Siskins shot past my deck this morning, probably just as irritated as me by the sudden onslaught of sleet from a leaden gray sky. Yesterday, the local mob of Siskins had arrived, followed shortly by yet another mob, until there were so many swirling, chattering and bickering birds dartingContinue reading “Bird Wars”

First Rain

I awoke to the patter of raindrops outside my bedroom window. Slowly at first, still drowsy with sleep, I tried unsuccessfully to identify the soft, steady music of it. Almost drifting off again to the pleasant sound, it finally registered and I uttered a surprised and happy, “Oh! Rain!” Of course, that was all itContinue reading “First Rain”