I learned that "shapes" are what are found in Nature; "designs" are what humans make, often mimicking that Nature. "I think that I shall never see a Poem as lovely as a Tree" is a little snippet of poetry that I'll bet every school child learns (author is Joyce Kilmer, who was male-yeah, I never …
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We are in south central Michigan this week for a Hillsdale College conference. The high temperature so far has been 23F. Until today, I hadn’t seen many birds at all, but when I looked out the window at breakfast this morning, I saw my first Northern Cardinal. Cardinal on branch I think I am lucky …
This is a woman whose account I follow on X/Twitter. She posts the most wonderful videos, of her "Hand of Snacks," wherein she holds out her hand full of bird snacks, and they come and eat. She must have an iron arm, because she can hold still for long periods while the birds come to …
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https://twitter.com/sjoneswildlife/status/1997976176829014350?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/mbarkcherguia/status/1998218543012208885?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/carlbovisnature/status/1998033573434339725?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/jocaphotography/status/1998159424217547226?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/carlbovisnature/status/1997989533527232626?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ English bird https://twitter.com/jocaphotography/status/1998183597816360979?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/canalregent/status/1997954745084805580?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/corbyamosphoto1/status/1998025158498697365?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ And one from my own back yard. Junco learned to use the tail rest! You’re welcome.
We are in Michigan for a conference at Hillsdale College. This is the Detroit airport when we arrived yesterday. Seattle was a madhouse. Detroit was nearly empty. Here is the sunset from around our hotel. On to Hillsdale today.
First, a little musical introduction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWSiMhEkFVk For some reason, this song plays pretty often on my internal tape. In the summer of 2010, Hubby and I took a three-week vacation, and drove from our home in Washington State to Michigan and back, for a Hillsdale Hostel. We took the Southern Route to get there, through …
The first week of October, Hubby and I flew to Michigan, to attend the Hillsdale College 175th Anniversary Gala, and the dedication of the new Christ Chapel. The weather was fine on the flight out, and we got to see Mount Rainier from above. We arrived in Detroit, picked up the rental car, and headed …
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