crates | January 23, 2008
My walks have been quite chilly lately with temperatures around freezing. Several days ago there was a heavy frost with some fall of ice pellets, and as often happens here after such weather, it became clear and cold with the frost and ice remaining even though it has been sunny. The frozen gravel cracks [...]
crates | December 12, 2007
If we decide to part Let us not say goodbye, but when holding hands walking down a deserted beach, I will bend over to pick up a shell and when I turn to show you… you’ll be gone. Tonight I shall go to bed about 5 am and as to when I arise, [...]
crates | October 31, 2007
I had a chance to use my newly acquired Swarovsky binoculars that I mentioned a few posts ago. These are the 10×42′s. I agonized over whether or not to get the 8×42′s since they have a wider field of view and are considered by some to be better at finding birds in thick brush. [...]
crates | October 23, 2007
Posted 21November2007 For some reason I can’t get this post to save to this date. I just opened this up preparatory to writing something when the sun came out. I am sitting in the southeast facing windows of Cutter’s point and the appearance of the early morning sun from behind the clouds was like being [...]
crates | June 28, 2007
There was an article in the paper a few days ago talking about how the common birds of Washington State are diminishing drastically in numbers. Today they took the American Bald Eagle off the endangered species list, but unfortunately many of these common birds don’t have the glamour nor do they occupy public awareness as does the magnificent [...]
crates | June 18, 2007
Ever wonder why some organisms occur on all or almost all the southern continents? Paleontologists noticed that a certain plant fossil, Glossopteris, was found in rock deposits (Permian-Triassic) of Africa, South America, Anarctica, Australia and India. This led some to believe that there was once a large southern land mass that was eventually named Gonwana after the district in [...]
crates | May 6, 2007
That’s right, the crazy robin is back again this year! Two years ago I was awakened at sunrise by a series of loud taps on my bedroom window. I dismissed the noise at first and drifted off to sleep only to be awakened again by more loud taps on the glass. I discovered upon raising [...]
crates | April 7, 2007
Yesterday morning when I walked out on the porch, it was so slippery that I thought for a moment that it had frosted during the night. I then realized that there was a film of yellow pollen over the porch and steps which acted as as a fine lubricant. Wiping the railing, I found that [...]