by simpleDesigns | Dec 14, 2007 | Family
On Friday evening, Tina and I joined Marcel and Phaedra to watch Z’s first school concert. The 2 classes sang a number of songs together entertaining the crowd of parents and grandparents. The concert was held at Little Voyageur’s Montessori School. We...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 14, 2007 | Birding
The male Pileated finally showed up this morning. He spent a few minutes playing in the yard, then pushed the female away from a hole she was working on before flying off. She went back to the hole for a few more minutes and then left. Great fun to finally see the...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 11, 2007 | Friends
A friend asked me if I thought climate change was a real threat? He pointed to an article at http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/ countering the idea and went on to suggest that: “…the issue (in my mind) is whether there is a political agenda and/or an...
by simpleDesigns | Dec 10, 2007 | Family
Last night, spiderman visited our home and showed me how to throw a spider web. He said I should call him if I ever needed rescuing. I wonder who the masked man was.
by simpleDesigns | Dec 10, 2007 | Birding
Several days ago, a pair of pileated woodpeckers visted our back yard. This weekend, the female started several days with a breakfast of peanuts on our upper deck. Due to her size, I have now swapped out the feeder for a larger peanut feeder to give them a bit more...