Puffins…
It’s not always the obvious that is the source of danger for the birds. On Craigleith, famous for its puffin colony of ten thousand breeding pairs, the population of what is undeniably the cutest and...
View ArticleNothing astounding, but everything beautiful.
“Nothing astounding, but everything beautiful.” (Jonathan Buckley, One Boat). First major snowfall. 5:00 to 5:30 am. 32° F. Heavy snow. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. Don’t miss other shots from this...
View ArticleT.G.I.F. Shivering on demand
“A bird’s bill is not insulated. Nor are its legs and feet. So all those vulnerability points tend to be smaller in species that winter in cold zones — scaled down as a result of the natural selection...
View ArticleNot Yet
Morning of buttered toast;of coffee, sweetened with milk.Out of the window,snow-spruces step from their cobwebs.Flurry of chickadees, feeding then gone.A single cardinal stipples an empty branch-one...
View ArticleChristmas Eve morning…
Twilight to Sunrise time lapse video. 6:15 to 7:30 am. 75 minutes in 17 seconds. 27° F. December 24, 2024. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. More pictures from this morning’s walk here.
View ArticleMonday Morning Wake-Up Call
And how could you everget what you wantwhen you would need to believe in something other thanthe past—friends, mornings, walks, the spider-branchwork of cold trees— —...
View ArticleMore…
Let it snow. 11:48 am. 35° F, December 20, 2024. Stamford, CT. Pictures from this morning’s walk: Time Lapse video & Sunrise photos.
View Articlebow, and then feed
This morning the world’s white face reminds usthat life intends to become serious again.And the same loud birds that all summer longannoyed us with their high attitudes and chattersilently line the...
View ArticleTGIF: What a beautiful scene, I thought.
Other than that, there was no noise. Not a breath of wind, no birds flying. Around us pure white snow continued to silently fall. What a beautiful scene, I thought. It moved me, in a way. I was sure...
View ArticleLightly Child, Lightly.
I want to look out a window at something bright and wide, and at that point accept my nature and understand my intended use and have a clean shirt and clean hands and feel similar to a small planet. I...
View ArticleRhapsody in Blue
“All this sniping and yapping at music! ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ could be the soundtrack to one of the most romantic moments in your life, too, if you let it sweep you away. It was a freezing cold night in...
View ArticleHere Comes The Sun…
Here Comes the Sun. 32° F feels like 22° F, wind gusts up to 25 mph. 7:18 to 7:25 am. January 14, 2024. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. Here Comes the Sun. 32° F feels like 22° F, wind gusts up to 25...
View ArticleMonday Afternoon Wake-Up Call
I’m an incorrigible heat seeker, and the phrase “wintry mix” fills me with despair. But even so, the lack of cold and ice in 2023 felt unsettling…I was thinking about this while standing outside a...
View ArticleWally’s Great Adventures (20)
hello peeps, wally here. Laila, love her name, suggested that we re-name my handle to “Wally The Adventure Doggo.” i like it, a lot, and this is coming from a PhD student who reads Dostoevsky and...
View ArticleWally’s Great Adventures (19)
Wally’s Great Adventures (19). hello everyone, wally here. figured i had better report out as i may have to report dad to the authorities. i thought he loved me, yet he dragged me outside into the...
View ArticleRhapsody in Blue
“All this sniping and yapping at music! ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ could be the soundtrack to one of the most romantic moments in your life, too, if you let it sweep you away. It was a freezing cold night in...
View ArticleHere Comes The Sun…
Here Comes the Sun. 32° F feels like 22° F, wind gusts up to 25 mph. 7:18 to 7:25 am. January 14, 2024. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. Here Comes the Sun. 32° F feels like 22° F, wind gusts up to 25...
View ArticleMonday Afternoon Wake-Up Call
I’m an incorrigible heat seeker, and the phrase “wintry mix” fills me with despair. But even so, the lack of cold and ice in 2023 felt unsettling…I was thinking about this while standing outside a...
View ArticleWally’s Great Adventures (20)
hello peeps, wally here. Laila, love her name, suggested that we re-name my handle to “Wally The Adventure Doggo.” i like it, a lot, and this is coming from a PhD student who reads Dostoevsky and...
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