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Celebrating with Wild Turkeys
We’re just back from a Thanksgiving Day hike in a nature sanctuary at the top of the majestic Palisades on the bank of the Hudson River. Happy Thanksgiving!!
Barnegat Bay: Goldenrod, Monarchs, and a Cloudless Sulphur
The Seaside Goldenrod is in bloom and the Monarch butterflies are migrating at the Jersey Shore. (I count nine in this photo.) Last weekend kayaking on Barnegat Bay, I spotted a Great Blue Heron, a Dunlin, Double-Crested Cormorants, Monarchs and … Continue reading
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Tagged Barnegat Bay, Great Blue Heron, Migrating Monarch Butterflies, Photograph, Seaside Goldenrod
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From a Bear to an Oystercatcher
I was transfixed by an array of zinnias in a formal garden at the New Jersey State Botanical Garden (yes, there is such a place in Ringwood State Forest located in the relatively unpopulated northwest part of the state) when … Continue reading
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Tagged Barnegat Peninsula, Bear!, Book, Flowers, Fox, Island Beach State Park, New Jersey State Botanical Garden, Ocean, Oystercatcher
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Road trip and manuscript update
We’re back from our road trip from Denver, Colorado, (where I was born many years ago) to Yellowstone. We left NJ with the trees in full leaf, which is why we were surprised to find a snow/ice scraper in the … Continue reading
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Tagged " copyedited manuscript, Denver, Road Trip, Snow!, Yellowstone
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Yellowwood
There’s a wonderful path along the Hudson River that runs about a mile between the Englewood Boat Basin and Ross Dock Park, which in just north of the George Washington Bridge. Yesterday when Linda & I were walking there, we … Continue reading
What a storm
What a wind & rain storm! Huge trees uprooted all over our town & surrounding area. We were without power for 36 hours, at least. On Friday, the night before it hit, we had Sophie and Linda’s 18-month old granddaughter … Continue reading
Snowing
Tonight I called Sophie to compare notes on the snowstorm & she asked if I had “done the thing with the cardboard,” i.e., try to see a snow crystal (there’s an earlier post about that). I had tried earlier but … Continue reading
Books, Wildflower Seeds, Happy Holidays
So, the gifts are wrapped–books galore, including one I’m really excited about–The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder; in fact, I bought two copies–one for Sophie & one for Sue, my friend & science educator at NYU. I … Continue reading
The caterpillar mystery
Arriving home this afternoon after two days at the Jersey Shore (no Glossy Ibis sighting, but a magnificent Great Egret), I spied an Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly in my garden. Wanting to photograph it for Sophie, I grabbed my camera … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterfly, Jersey Shore, Photographs, Sophie, Sue the Science Educator
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Glossy Ibis
Monday morning–a thrilling sight!!–After ten years of kayaking on Barnegat Bay, we spotted a Glossy Ibis (it was a juvenile) on the west side of one of the islands in the Bay! Linda & I got a good long close … Continue reading