Zander's first Christmas concert

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...

Male Pileated Visits

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...

Is the threat of climate change real?

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...

Spiderman visits me

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.  

New backyard visitor

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...