Our star magnolia had several days of blooms but our big pink magnolia was buds one day, full bloom the next, falling petals and leafing out the third day. And we’re expecting frost in a day or so after a few days in the 80s.
100%!
Your Wiedehopf is pretty fantastic though!
Screenshot from the Merlin bird song ID app showing April 17, Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, Chipping Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and House Sparrow.
I don’t usually run Merlin unless there’s a bird I don’t know, but I love to listen to the birds while I’m gardening. Here are a few from this morning (we even have one in common!)
Small short hair cat standing in the foreground looking left. Large long hair cat in the background belly up, tail and backfeet pointing right, front feet pointing left and away, head improbably pointing toward the camera.
For you, I have the two kinds of cat. Sending you love!
It’s that time again: I’m raising rent relief funds for Minneapolis immigrant families affected by ICE!
Donations are down, but ICE is still here and there’s still so much need. Can you help?
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please share and help if you can! Thank you! 💛
So cool that people are still discovering this #Sinners syllabus, published by the African American Intellectual History Society, and composed by Jemar Tisby & Keisha N. Blain. Enjoy!
All of them. In one bush.
I saw a flock of them in my privets just after each big snowfall. I had never seen robins flocking before and had never seen them obviously eating berries before!
A tape measure in front of the edge of the snow where the snowblower went by. It shows 15” (38 cm).
We had about 15” as of 9 am here in Croton-on-Hudson. I just finished the sidewalk. Driveway is still covered. Mint tea and honey here!
Today is Week 2 of our closing sale, the website is 35% off (discount shown after items are added to your cart). We added stock status to our product thumbnails, so you can easily scroll through and see what we’ve still got. Soldering kits are 50% off!
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I have loved hearing about him building this project, all the while taking care of the people around him. It was so cool to hear that the first meal outing went so well, and heartbreaking to hear about the break-in.
My friend Dave in rural Oregon outfitted a bus to be a warm space to serve meals to the unhoused in his community. A few days after a successful first run, the bus was broken into and a bunch of stuff stolen. We can help: venmo @lionspawmt cashapp $lionspawmt gofundme:
gofund.me/46577f9de
Profile view of a shorthair dilute calico cat looking intently out the window.
Luna just eck-eck-ecked at the lady cardinal outside and then looked at me and blinked and started purring.
So borb! And they sit on their little feet to keep them warm!
Me: Is there anything cuter than a chickadee?
Tufted titmouse: Hi!
Me: Fair point.
All the cutie pie birds are at the feeder today: chickadee, tufted titmouse, cardinal, and junco!
You know what would end their roving patrols and racial profiling? Abolishing ICE.
Icing on the cake: “The prosecutor's office also said it was leaving X and would communicate on LinkedIn and Instagram from now on.”
I feel like sometimes we say "everyone's different and that's ok" to kids who really need to hear something more like "you're worthy of respect even if people are being hateful to you".
A gloved had holding up a thin piece of ice with a variety of textures including dendrites and bubbles. In the background is a river with snowy banks and icy edges.
We went down to the Croton river to check out the ice today. As the water level changes the edges freeze at different heights, forming lots of layers of ice. The ice can have beautiful textures like bubbles and branches.
It got down to 2 F last night but it’s a balmy 20 F now.
Small dilute calico cat sitting on a windowsill looking out at a cardinal on a branch.
Luna is enjoying the show.
Woo-hoo! Saw a red bellied woodpecker this morning!
Also the usual assortment of sparrows, juncos, jays, cardinals and squirrels.
if you or someone you love is thinking of flying out to volunteer: please donate the costs of that trip to a rent fund
Power pole blocking the sun. 22 degree halo around the sun in hazy sky.
22 degree halo in Croton-on-Hudson.
We have some wacky deer tracks that I assume are from deer running sideways down the big rocks out front. Mostly they were after a decorative evergreen based on the convergence (and broken branches) there.
We get cardinals, but they hang out in the dogwood to fly to the feeder.
Looking down a set of outdoor stairs at compressed snow bird tracks left on steps after blowing the thin layer of snow off. The lower steps haven’t been cleared yet.
Bird tracks in a thin layer of snow on a sheltered porch.
I used the leaf blower to clear the thin layer of snow from our steps today. The bird feeder is hanging off the landing. The (mostly junco) feet compressed the snow, leaving a positive track!
For comparison, tracks in the snow on our protected porch where I put food out on the railing.
So cute!
We walked down to the Croton river this morning to check out the river’s frozen edge. Saw a couple of ducks, one with a cinnamon head. I’d guess green winged teal based on range. Lots of folks out walking today before the snow comes in.
