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Urban Safari : Red Tail Hawk on Cummins

March 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Across the way from us on Cummins Highway are a few tall evergreens. Every so often, a hawk would perch on the very top and survey the area looking for its next meal. The [...]

Sprouting carrot tops

March 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

Yes…some of us thought the RainyDayGarden folks were a bit “optimistic” when they said they could start some carrot plants just from the tops. [...]

Urban Safari : Birdblind in Wenham

February 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

We went and spent the day at photographer Andrew Martinez and Candy’s place in Wenham. Carolyn wanted to pick Candy’s brain about something and others wanted [...]

LED-lit Snow Path

February 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

The RainyDayInterns spent a few hours today digging out a new snow path from the front of the office to the back. One reason was so they could get some exercise. The other [...]

Finally, it stopped snowing!

February 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

We were not dressed as extras for a scene on the Walking Dead, but thought we would see how the WORX leaf blower would do in moving the super fluffy snow. It worked OK, [...]

Still snowing and blowing…

February 15, 2015 // 1 Comment

With the snow falling as fast as the plows can clear things, the nuthatch, like us, has decided it’s best to just curled up inside with some snacks and survey the [...]

Snowshoeing instead of shoveling

February 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

One of our readers put the bug about snowshoeing in our heads. With all the fresh snow on the ground, we convinced ourselves that, even though it was 13º, to venture [...]

Birdfeeding In A Blizzard

January 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

When the huge Nor’easter was barreling down on Boston a few days ago, we thought it best to put out some extra bird food (Cole’s Hot Meats, Blue Ribbon Blend). [...]

Stop talking football and go snowshoeing

January 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

We have been told to “stop talking football” because the Super Bowl will be here soon enough 🙂  So, to distract ourselves, here are a few pics from the first [...]

The Fig is thinking Spring

January 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

No…that six foot plant without any leaves is NOT dead. It is our fig tree Sookie. The fig tree was a gift from my friend Larry Murray who was up from the Cape for an [...]
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