Category Archives: Nature
Mother’s fruitcake for Christmas and always
Family recipes are inherited like sepia photos of relatives who passed long ago, meant to savor the memories. None is more precious to me that a fruit cake. My last edition came out of the oven months before Christmas and … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Falcon Scott, Christmas, fruitcake, Gethsemani Abbey, Great British Baking Show
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Little Blue Heron
At one time, the Little Blue Heron was a common wading bird in the Coastal Plain and Eastern Shore, but it has been in steep decline since the 1950s (from habitat loss?). Local birds leave our area after breeding to … Continue reading
Posted in Inge Curtis birds, Nature
Tagged Costa Rica, Little Blue Heron
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Ring-necked Duck
Ducks are back to spend the winter on the coast and inland waters around here. Teal, Shoveler, Canvasback, Scaup, Eider, Bufflehead, etc., and Ring-necked Ducks like this pair. A compact little diver that prefers ponds to open water. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Ring-necked Duck
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Ride the King Tide
I never saw water so high in Powhatan Creek. Living in Norfolk, Virginia, I occasionally encountered flooding in my neighborhood after exceptionally high tides or a nor’easter. I’d drive through inches of water to my driveway which rose to a … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Nature
Tagged Citizen science, Hampton Roads, King tide, Powhatan Creek
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Indigo Bunting
The canary yellow of goldfinches in summer may be more eye-catching, but the male Indigo Bunting is an attention grabber, far more than the female who might pass as a brown sparrow unless you noticed her white throat. It takes … Continue reading
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 