Monthly Archives: February 2023

When ice isn’t nice ….

Mother Nature doesn’t always play nice and we Michiganders knew we would be paying the piper for all those wonderfully warmish days thus far in Winter 2022-2023. We got a Winter wallop with that snowstorm on January 25th, but the … Continue reading

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Maybe my shortest post ever?

Michigan had its worst ice storm in 50 years … I lost my internet sometime in the early morning hours of Thursday. It came back last night after I went to bed … I am going to try and catch … Continue reading

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Dempsey the Downy Woodpecker orders from GRUBHUB. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) 2023 stats

Originally posted on WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY:
Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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Dempsey the Downy Woodpecker orders from GRUBHUB. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) 2023 stats

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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“All Creatures Great and Small” …

… is a PBS miniseries about Dr. Alf Wight’s trials and tribulations as a country veterinarian in the 1930s – 1950s in the Dales of Yorkshire, England. Dr. Wight, who wrote under the pen name James Herriot, authored eight books … Continue reading

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Precocious Parker plays peekaboo. #Wordless Wednesday #Where did you hide my valentine Linda?

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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This labor of love …

… made its debut one decade ago, on February 11, 2013, so it is time for me to EMBRACE it with this post. What better time to choose to write about your PASSION and labor of LOVE, than in conjunction … Continue reading

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Sunday Strolling. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Blue Heron at Lake Erie Metropark

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) and this song to tell the story.

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Beating the red, white and boom!

First, before I begin to weave my tale about a Sunday stroll at Lake Erie Metropark on July 3rd, it is already the first post of the new month … time to debut the February 2023 calendar page as evidenced … Continue reading

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Nature bee amazing sometimes. #Wordless Wednesday #Hmm – is that bee waving at me?

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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