WISHNIK WOODS

I'd like to start by saying hello to everyone who may still check in on this blog. It's beginning to look like fall here in the woods! Where did summer go?! I hope you are all doing well. My ...

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Where do I begin? First of all, thank you to all of you who have contacted me with concern. I promised that I would explain what has been going on with me...and here it is. You all know of my c...

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My hummingbird displays his grooming techniques. When a bird preens, it is a process in which they groom and care for their feathers. They use their beak to pick through their feathers... ...

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Whatever you were just thinking while looking at this...is pretty much what I thought when I first saw these. I was shocked when I came upon these, as I walked closer to them (I think with my m...

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Sleeping safe and snug among the cattails, is one of at least three nests of baby Red-Winged Blackbirds that called Wishnik Woods home. Sure...they're cute now... This little one snuck ou...

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Along my walks, I always see some other living creature...no matter how small...going about their daily life. How interesting each of them are to behold...I wonder if they actually are capable ...

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David Phlox in a small bed near the ponds' edge. These stand between my Weeping Cherry tree (which the beetles have begun to attack!) and a Hydrangea bush. Just to the right begins the largest ...

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After its' aerial acrobats show, this dragonfly decided to get a closer look at his/her audience. All around me it glided, hovering in the breeze... several times within a foot or so of my face...

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The understory of our woods are finally rising and shining. This hosta is one of many varieties that I have, they were all given to me by family and friends when we first bought our property. I...

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The undergrowth in the woods is sprouting a variety of interesting shapes and colors. At this point, this bush almost looks tropical. The top of a Ponderosa Pine sporting a growth spurt! Thi...

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My bleeding heart against her feathery foliage Yes...I have an obsession with rocks, it's that whole concept of contrasts. As my ferns soak up the sun, she plays with the ability to create s...

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I like to place bulbs all around the woods' edge...here, the daffodils greet you as you begin your walk up this path. While looking down on the ponds' edge for my dragonflies, I liked how the...

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It's time for me to play catch up with my journal here at Wishnik Woods. It's been over two weeks since I've posted due to technical problems ....again. We had a virus and attempted to install ...

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The ric-rac pattern of the branches frames the rising moon. Frantically searching for pollen, the bees are bombarding all of my Japanese Willow bushes and trees. We usually hear t...

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As the weather warms, my outdoor cats' playful side starts to show. I enjoy watching them race around and chase each other up the trees. They all start to shed their winter coat and lose that e...

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On a rainy day...I found color looking out the kitchen window. The intensity of the red coloring of my Eastern Redbuds deepened. Redbud blooms reaching for the early evening sky as the moon ...

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Yes??....Can I help you?! Under the shade of my sacred tree, we played a game of peek-a-boo for several minutes as he bobbed in and out from behind safety of the tree trunk. Marc...

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St. Patrick's Day was beautiful! Mostly sunny with the high reaching 70 degrees. Big, puffy, white clouds scattered in the sky...the birds were singing their songs and the hawks were gliding in ...

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What do keepsakes of the heart and Mallard Ducks have in common ?...my father. Not only did Dad have a lot of Irish in his blood, Patrick was his middle name and he was born on St. Paddy's Day. T...

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March has finally arrived...and it has begun in a whirlwind...literally! These first two weeks in March the weather has been seasonably variable, but wow, have we ever had the wind gusts going....

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Sunset Brunch! Twilight on the pond

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Good Morning beckons me for a walk in the woods. Fall, winter and a touch of spring. Managing a kernel of food The prize

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This woodpecker claims this branch as her very own. Several times a day I can look out the window and there she is. Sometimes her eyes are completely closed. More of the patterns that I enjoy...

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