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The Early Bird – Embers from the Fire

March 18, 2022
The Early Bird – 3/18/2022 The early bird, it is said, gets the worm. I know some birds who seem to disagree. In my last Embers post I wrote about the early return of redwing blackbirds. Although they surprised me

Redwing Spring – Embers from the Fire

March 10, 2022
Redwing Spring – 3/11/2022 Although official spring is still two plus weeks away on the calendar, it showed up today in the form of arriving redwing blackbirds.  They don’t seem to be much celebrated, but redwing blackbirds are some of

Daredevil Dan – Embers from the Fire

March 4, 2022
Daredevil Dan – 3/4/2022 I just finished shoveling a couple of inches of snow out of the driveway.  The plow had already come through and by the time I finished much of the blacktop of the road was showing as

The Owling Moon – Embers from the Fire

February 24, 2022
The Owling Moon – 2/25/2022 I looked out the window the other night at the full moon.  The weather forecaster says that this is the “snow moon” because we are headed into the time of winter known for significant snowfalls. 

False Hope – Embers from the Fire

February 18, 2022
False Hope – 02/18/2022 It happens each winter; it can even happen several times in a blessed season.  For a day, or maybe even two consecutively, winter will loosen its tight grip on life.  Today is one of those days. 

Just Passing Through – Embers from the Fire

February 10, 2022
Just Passing Through – 2/11/2022 I noticed the fresh tracks when I pulled out of the driveway and headed out on a brief errand.  During the night we had just an inch of fluffy dry snow but it was pretty

Snowfire – Embers from the Fire

February 3, 2022
Snowfire – 02.04.2022 New snow had fallen silently during the night. The darkness had hidden its coming and concealed its true beauty. Although unwitnessed, the signs were there to read. There had been a brief snowburst, and then the clouds

Flightless Deer – Embers from the Fire

January 27, 2022
Flightless Deer? – 01/28/2022 We have several apple trees and crab apple trees in our back yard.  About September, as the apples ripen, the backyard becomes a favorite stop for several of the local deer population.  This fall our group

The Dapple Gray – Embers from the Fire

January 20, 2022
The Dapple Gray – 01/21/2022 There was a little hatch-type door from my bedroom into the attic storage area of my childhood home.  It was poorly insulated, so in the summer it was roasting in there, and in the winter,

Backyard Observations – Embers from the Fire

January 16, 2022
Backyard Observations – 01/14/2022 It was really “country” when we moved out here 31 years ago.  The city has definitely closed in, but we are fortunate to still live on the edge of country.  There is about thirty acres of