So I'm feeling pretty guilty about not having appeared here for months (!) after being so gung-ho about blogging regularly again. After a bit of reflection, I realize that I was mostly enthus...
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> He who limps is still walking. ~Stanislaw J. Lec I love wandering in the woods to find the first sleeping plants that awaken from the forest floor. It’s something of a rite of spri...
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This photo has nothing to do with the subject of my post, but.... cute kitty! So! A couple of friends on FB have been lamenting the demise of our blogs. We all seem to mostly agree that, c...
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I feel so rusty at this, so awkward. It’s not so much because actually doing it feels funny, but more because of the contrast between how unfamiliar it feels to be here, and how entirely na...
Considering all the time I've spent in Florida the last couple years, you'd think I'd have seen a snowy plover by now, right? Well, I FINALLY got my life snowy at the end of last year when we...
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I finally took the plunge and moved my blog to Wordpress! Please follow me there at: Somewhere in NJ
It didn't feel much like the end of summer today; Atlanta is as hot as ever in the middle of the afternoon. We strolled along the Belt Line looking at the art on display and found these two swe...
I was the-lady-behind-the-snowy-owl in a thousand photos taken that night! Given the opportunity, I'll complain to most anyone who'll listen about how much I hate living in the city, but I h...
There is something deep within us that sobs at endings. Why, God, does everything have to end? Why does all nature grow old? Why do spring and summer have to go? ~ Joe Wheeler My summer of sun...
Piping Plover chick 1 of 2. Day 25. Fledge Day! We lost two chicks from this brood, but it's still a win. If I repeat that often enough, I might begin to believe it...
Piping Plover chick 1 of 4. Day 7. 19 days until fledge day. Today was our first sunny day with people on the beach. We all survived without too many ruffled feathers. :-)
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Least Tern scrape American Oystercatcher caginess Waiting to be found Just as the sun steps over the horizon, head east. Drive with the sun in your eyes until you hit water. Do not t...
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Much of the general beach-going public seems determined to believe that Piping Plovers don't really exist. Many act as if they're just an imaginary endangered bird the rest of us have made up to ...
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Every day I make "rounds" to the 7 or so sites that I'm responsible for; ideally I get to the beach first thing in the morning while the news is still current. Oftentimes, like any busy person, I...
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My "office" for the day! : ) It's been a busy first couple of days here in NJ, but I'm loving it! I started off on Tuesday with a boss-led tour of the sites I'll be responsible for and h...
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Today's sunset at the north end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel So I guess I finally have enough of my ducks in a row to tell you all about my plans for this summer... I'm going home t...
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Heggie's Rock Preserve is owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy and is yet another example of a granite outcrop community, much like Arabia Mountain . I was curious to see it because it's...
"The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking." -Brooks Atkinson Elf's Orpine, a granit...
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Out with the cold, in with the woo. ~E. Marshall, "Spring Thought" A hike this afternoon at Arabia Mountain (my favorite local place!) led to a couple good finds. A very brave Jay sc...
http://somewhereinnj.blogspot.com/2014/03/more-signs-of-spring_15.html
We very purposefully stumbled upon the Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve near Cairo GA this past weekend. Cairo (pronounced like the famous syrup) is not a place that you can easily stumble upon....
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I would love to be able to share the recipe for this most wonderful rice pudding, but I've been forbidden to do so. According to my sister-in-law, it's a "family" recipe and not meant to be sha...
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A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder. -Susan Orlean We had snow today in Atlanta... real snow that caused my school to...
There's 92 species of birds on the list for the year already; some favorites are American Pipit, Loggerhead Shrike and Wilson's Plover. I've never kept a year list before. I don't generally "do...
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make s...
http://somewhereinnj.blogspot.com/2014/01/surprise-yourself.html
We went wandering over to Apalachicola this afternoon to look at the shrimp boats there and found this gentleman first. He came over to tell us about the bald eagle he sees around the marina. I...