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Good Bye Glenmary Lane
Well, dear old wonderful house. We said goodbye to you on Monday, July 6, 2020. Oh we had such a good run. Twenty six years and counting. Ken and I moved here in October 1994. We put on a new roof, added some air-conditioning and some new red shutters. Yumiko came home in 1998.…
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Beaver Attack!!
This is a true story. Yesterday Tom and I went to visit his son’s family who live near the Wissahickon Creek in Chestnut Hill. Tom’s daughter-in-law and three kids and I waded into the creek where there was a big swing attached to a tree over the creek. Piper, the middle child, climbed onto…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.…
