On the last day of winter, I saw my first Tree Swallow of the year. It flew beside the James River in the direction of Jamestown Island.
Sociable birds with an iridescent sheen that babble and chatter all day, these swallows sometimes breed in our nestboxes.
Silent winter’s end
Tree swallows dance through the sky
Spring’s symphony begins.
(A haiku)
suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber door Only this and nothing more. The return of two Downies to our backyard reminded
I used to think my human was smart, but I now realize he only looks that way. I know I shouldnt be anthropomorphic about one Im particularly fond of. **************************** Did you ever suspect that dogs often turn out looking
Not Mastodon the heavy metal band from Atlanta, but a heavy, leathery mastodon from Virginia. It is the first found east of the Blue Ridge. A local bricklayer was hunting on private land one day in 1983 when he found