Here and There
Views from our house
Recent sunsets (August 2002). Click the thumbnail or the magnifying glass for a larger image.
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Sunset, looking West
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Sunset again
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Some of the wildlife we see around the house.
We are in an extremely rural setting, and needless to say, there is lots of wildlife around. Most recently (winter 2005-06) these 3 pheasants have visited our platform feeder almost every day.
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The three winter Pheasants
Before that (spring 2004) we had, in addition to the usual yardbirds, a rose-breasted grosbeak and now (mid-May) a killdeer family with 3 chicks.
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The three killdeer chicks
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Adult and one killdeer chick
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2002 sightings included a hen pheasant with 5 chicks (unphotographed, alas), and one morning (Sept 4 2002), there was a good size flock of wild turkeys in the front yard!
Visitors in 2001 included a Yellow-headed Blackbird in late May and 2 young (cute stage) baby raccoons in June. Stay tuned for more wildlife from the premises!
On a recent trip (fall 2001) to the midwest, we visited
Horicon NWR which is excellent for waterfowl.
We were fortunate enough to discover the
Mayville Inn
- a small family owned motel. They (and everyone else we met
in Mayville) are very nice people, and the accomodations are excellent.
Our house was, until recently,
run by an aging (1988-2005) Maine Coon cat Matinicus
(also an island off the coast of Maine).
Since his departure, we took on TWO girl Maine Coon kittens - born end of July
2005 and growing fast!
Their page.
Other activities
In addition to
our volunteer work at MNWR,
we are both on the board of the Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex, an organization
whose members have "a passion for wildlife" and that addresses not only
the Refuge, but also state and private lands in the area that provide
significant wildlife habitat.
We also do volunteer work for the Ovid (N.Y.) Library, maintaining
computers for library patrons to use for internet access and general use
as well as the circulation and online catalog machines.
For more information about the library,
visit
the web site.
Mary Jane is on the Library board of trustees as well as the Town of
Romulus Planning Board.
I am on the board of the Finger Lakes
Library Association which provides library services for all public libraries
in a 5 county area in central New York State.
MJ crochets
afghans, sweaters, and
made this bead crochet wedding purse.
Bûche de Noel
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We'd wanted to make one of these for years, and finally got around to doing one in December of 2001. Lots of wonderful chocolate! Click the thumbnail or the magnifier glass for a larger image. |
