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  • Yumiko and Jessi Get Married!!!

    Yumiko and Jessi Get Married!!!

    Well, it is hard to believe, but my baby girl Yumiko got married to the love of her life, Jessica Scricciolo in a Zoom Wedding in our back yard at 2:00 in the afternoon on May 14.  It was a beautiful day.  There were at least 200 people on the Zoom and oh it…

  • The Scarlet Tanager

    The Scarlet Tanager

    On my way up the walk through the woods this afternoon, I looked up and saw not one, but two of these beautiful male Scarlet Tanagers.  They quickly spotted me and flew high up in the tree tops, but what a thrill for that minute.

  • More of that Ovenbird

    More of that Ovenbird

    I went back to the woods today looking for the oven bird and found so many of them.  Here area a few of my favorite photos and a little video from this mornings walk.

  • The Yellow Rumped Warbler and a Friend

    The Yellow Rumped Warbler and a Friend

    The woods were alive with warblers today.  Here are two – The Black and White Warbler and the Yellow Rumped.  Oh heaven!!!! Black and White Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler

  • Hermit Thrush in the Woods at Charlestown Meadows

    Hermit Thrush in the Woods at Charlestown Meadows

    I saw this little cutie on the ground as I was walking along the path in Charlestown Meadows. I stopped in my tracks, but he had already seen me too.  He jumped up to that branch and stood with only his tail showing and most of his body hidden behind the big vertical trunk.…

  • Gallaway Cows

    Gallaway Cows

    Just down the road from Charlestown Meadows is a beautiful farm with a small herd of Gallaway Cows.  (I never knew there was such a cow even though I grew up on a dairy farm with Holsteins and Jerseys and Black Angus.)  This particular breed includes the beautiful brown belted cow (see below).  There…

  • Deer at Dusk

    Deer at Dusk

    It’s remarkable to see the different temperaments of the deer of Charlestown Meadows vs. those of Valley Forge.  This little beauty was just off the path and so very close. This is a full frame photograph – no cropping.  A deer in Valley Forge would never have let me get so close.