I am being overrun by pansies …
… some of which I am 99% sure I didn’t plant.

Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, colors, edible flowers, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, pansies, Photography, urban landscape on May 21, 2022| 1 Comment »
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Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged history, nature, Photography, politics, trees, urban landscape on January 7, 2021| 2 Comments »

Honestly, I have no words. I think Stephen Colbert captures it best for me. Check out his video in the following New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/arts/television/stephen-colbert-trump-capitol.html
p.s. the subject line … I worry that, as I did after Biden won the election that first night, I worry that, once more, now that the riots are (so far) done, I hear people saying,”well, this is the end.” It is not. During World War II, after many defeats, the British finally obtained a victory. Some may have thought, well, this is the end. The year was 1942. Winston Churchill’s reply? “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
Posted in Nature Notes, tagged birds, environment, hawks, nature, Photography, urban landscape, urban nature on December 21, 2020| 2 Comments »

A person in Copley Square feeds the pigeons quite regularly and in great volume. He may have been doing it so routinely that the pigeons have become attuned to his hand gesture when he disburses his feed. So if anyone makes a similar gesture, their hand sweeping the air, the birds settle immediately en masse until a few quick pecks at empty ground reveal no food. Then away they fly. I’m not sure if the hawk gets them when they are flying in or flying away. But I know this hawk caught and consumed at least two pigeons while I was in the area. The man has been asked not to feed the birds. We’ll see …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Inspiration, monochrome, nature, Photography, trees, urban landscape, urban nature on December 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »