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Month: February 2023
Boise Winter Birds
We have large flocks of robins here in Seattle and usually a Flicker or 2.
One of the benefits of moving from Fairbanks, Alaska to Boise, Idaho is the much greater variety of winter avifauna. There are other benefits, to be sure, but a Christmas Bird Count in Boise will turn up a hundred or more species; in Fairbanks, in a really good year, there might be 25.
In celebration of that, and WC’s gradually improving mobility, here’s a selection of birds WC has photographed in the first six weeks of 2023, with some notes on the photos.
This species is usually hunting in South America right now. But this bird didn’t get the memo and is spending at least a chunk of the winter enjoying the foraging opportunities in South Boise. And he seems to be prospering. So far as is known, this species is rarely in the Intermountain West at all.
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Beach Houses
South Bay and Cottages, Conoma Point, Essex, Mass.
Churning
Churning. A Mountain Woman at one of her Chores
Reverse side
Note the postmark – Knoxville Tenn, 1945 Reading the message – the writer had lettuce and peanut butter. (That’s a new one to me.)
A Happy Group
My niece Kathy, me (Janet), my sister Ruth, and Simon the Westport Cat
How long ago was this photo taken? Long before we moved to Seattle in 2010.. My sister Ruth passed away in 2017. My niece Kathy is alive and well and living in Kittery Maine. We still have that sofa and the Westport Cat Simon is residing under my television stand.
An Old/New Postcard of Dublin Ireland
Grafton Street, Dublin Ireland
I recently received this postcard along with a new book, The Postcard History of Dublin. The book looks really interesting. The caption for this postcard is as follows: “
A No. 10 bus drives down Grafton Street in this classic John Hinde postcard. The upmarket shopping street was pedestrianised in 1982. Switzers is on the right of the picture. In 1990 , this elegant department store gave way to Brown Thomas, the spiritual home of the Celtic Tiger.”
I remember this transition as we had been living in Dublin since 1968.
Two New Postcards From Ireland
Ring of Kerry – Ireland
Kerry In the south-west of Ireland is an area outstanding beauty – including the world-famous ring of Kerry and Killarney’s perfect blend of mountain and island-studded lake, wooded shore and glen. With its many coastal resorts, excellent angling waters and golf courses, Kerry has for many years been a favorite resort for tourists.
The Skelligs
Against a backdrop of the South Kerry coastline the oratories, beehive dwellings and monuments of Skellig Michaels’ monastic site, re-create an atmosphere of 1400 years ago.
HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU
How many of you have had this experience?
A female kudu that ran across the road in front of me, jumped over the fence and then looked back at me rather quizzically.
KNITTING
Over the years I have knitted a mountain of squares on behalf of a school charity programme that collected the squares in order to make blankets to distribute among those in need during the winter. Knitting these plain squares was never particularly interesting – choosing yarns of different colours was the only variation I could enjoy. In retrospect, I would have preferred knitting the long strips favoured by the annual Hospice project.
There are few things as warm or as comforting as a hand-knitted cap, jersey, scarf or blanket. I have always wondered exactly who the recipients of these ‘charity blankets’ are and how many of them actually reach those most in need of them. Having spent many years working for an NGO, I am acutely aware of the temptations that arise with every arrival of boxes of donated goods.
The yen to knit would wax and wane with nothing…
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Greetings From Amsterdam
Greetings from Amsterdam
Reverse side of Greetings from Amsterdam
Janet's Thread 2 