Last Wednesday, I was to help my cousin, Donny with a task of netting numerous goldfish from his landscaping pond. The pond is five feet in the center and around 12 feet long and 6 feet in width. The pond features water lilies and water iris plants. The net we were to try was [...]
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Late Season Wildflowers
Posted in Wildflowers, Wildlife on September 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Late August Interests Around the Yard
Posted in Butterflies and Insects, Wildflowers on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have had a week with many aspects of it better off forgotten. However, I have some positives as well My last entry, I wrote of, my upcoming trip to Old Bedford Village. The prints, of “The Wheatfield-Whirlpool of Death” were later being completed than we had expected. I rushed to sign and prepare packaging. These [...]
Short Walk At The Homestead
Posted in Hikes, My Family, Wildflowers on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bob and I went for a short walk down the road where I grew up along Silvis Hollow Road. The very comfortable summer weather was inviting. I pointed out some initials carved into the rocks that border the old “Joe Blair Hill”. This is the name we locals call this hill since a lawyer [...]
Memorial Day Thoughts
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, Historical, My Family, Wildflowers on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I spent the very early hours of the morning of Memorial Day in the woods.(In fact, I wrote this blog during that time too.) What a great place to reflect! Of course, my thoughts, as they so often do, drifted back to some early years of my father and I trekking over these [...]
Short Hunt
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, Wildflowers on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The gobble exploded only 80-120 yards below me. I had crept in quietly prior to 5:00A.M. to await this exact moment. My plan was right on thus far. I was close and above the gobbler, the forest was open and obstacle-free. The turkey was outside of the posted land. As the minutes continued [...]
I Have the Blahs!
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, Wildflowers on May 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
More rain! I don’t remember a spring with as much rain as we have had this year. I hate to admit it , but, I have the blahhhhhhhhs. Most turkeys seem to have it too. I heard two gobbles (maybe a third muffled one as I circled the hill behind where I thought he [...]
Instincts
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, Wildflowers on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I debated heading to the woods this morning. Instinctively I didn’t have a positive feeling of hearing birds. This stagnant low pressure system has the birds in the area I have been concentrating on gobbling very little. Yesterday, I didn’t go out hunting. Allergies were bothering me and I decided to stay in and [...]
Savor the Moment
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, Misc. Nature, Wildflowers on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My recent routine is to travel through the pre-dawn grays to wait and listen for a gobbler to announce his presence. This morning was no different for I traveled up the hill in an area that just glows. Hundreds and hundreds of dogwood trees dot the landscape with millions and millions of blossoms. Scattered among [...]
Five Miles In The Woods
Posted in Hikes, My Family, Wildflowers, Wildlife on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
False Hellebore Bob walking the plank After Bob and I ate a hearty breakfast, we left Susie (my springer spaniel) and mom to fend for themselves at home. We entered the woods after 9:00 to study the Cherry Run area for turkey signs and whatever else we could observe. The first obstacle we encountered [...]
Hike Around My Homestead
Posted in Hikes, Misc. Nature, My Family, Wildflowers on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My step father, Bob and I went for a several mile hike this morning around the hills where I was raised in the Silvis Hollow area. The day was beautiful and we needed the exercise and why not combine the two for a great trek. We walked along the road and turned and walked the [...]
