Earth Day, Every Day

It's raining this morning. The continual soft patter of drops on the roof and windows is the Lord's way of telling me to sit down, for once. Take a load off, do something other than dash around, muttering, hauling the garden cart behind me, full of tools and piles of weeds and bags of bulbs needing to be planted. Steady rain is the only thing that will send me indoors in late April.






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Squirrel OUT!

The Easter morning squirrel saga continues with more ridiculousness. Ma keeps returning to the box, trying to coax Baby out.




I'm not ignoring you, Ma. I'm just choosing not to come with you this morning. I have things to do.




NOT COMING OUT.




Neither am I! If she doesn't have to I don't have to!



I would very much like a quick nurse. Why haven't you nursed us this morning?

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A Squirrel's Easter

Easter morning is when those who think about such things envision rebirth, everything and everyone becoming new again. What was dead is now risen. For the squirrels in my backyard owl box, Easter morning 2018 was, apparently, a time of emergence.



I had suspected a squirrel was nesting in the box, because I'd seen one stretched out on its roof a few times, basking in rare spots of sun. I

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In a Vacant House: Wilding with Jen

Ever
see two dogs running loose, getting into trouble? It really takes two.
Tongues lolling, tails high, they go looking for adventure. A dog on its
own just isn't as inquisitive or fearless. When it comes to going
through old houses, I'm definitely a dog. I'm not a fearful person; not
given to the heebie-jeebies. I just want to have someone with me. Maybe
it's to share the fun and

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Jemima on PBS Nature! Tonight!

Jemima's last visit was Christmas Eve 2017. But she has achieved immortality!



Way back at the end of June, a magical thing happened. Mark Carroll, a natural history cinematographer absolutely dripping in awards (his latest, an Emmy for his work with filmmaker Ann Prum of Coneflower Studios on PBS Nature's "Super Hummingbirds,"), arrived at Indigo Hill.

Through the magic of social

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Heere's Phoebe!

It seemed only fair, given my successful senior pictures photoshoot with the Thin White Duke, to give my Eternal Flame a chance at digital immortality. The trick was finding a sunny afternoon during her winter break--more difficult than it should have been, but that's this winter for you. Cold and wet and snowy and anything but comfortable. On the morning of March 22, I watched thick clouds ever

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