It’s day 19 of both the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and Inktober. Today’s prompt is “ridge.” The bears continued their walk, singing songs of sleepy hibernations and happy spring awakenings as they traveled. They looked in the distance and could see mountains. “Those ridges don’t look too far away,” Baby Bear said hopefully. “I can’t wait […]
The bears had arrived at a meadow, surrounded by hedges that were neatly trimmed by… someone? In the center of the meadow, there was a large maze. Baby Bear and some of the other cubs ran through it gleefully. The adult bears looked at it and laughed. They asked each other if they were lost,
Could we be… lost? Read More »
It’s day 11 of Inktober, and the day’s prompt is “snack.” The weather was warm again, and the trail was mostly dry when the bears began walking. Baby Bear danced and jumped for joy as the walk started. “I want to see more butterflies!” Baby Bear said, gleefully. “Maybe you will, maybe you won’t,” his
Day nine of Inktober. The prompt is sun. After a long day of walking through the rain, jumping at the sound of the sharp thunder and diving to the ground at the sight of bolts of lightning, Baby Bear was tired. It was time for dinner, and the pumpkins looked delicious. But Baby Bear couldn’t
Today is day seven of Inktober and of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. Today’s prompt is passport. Imagine if you had to get permission to visit the lands of mammals and insects and birds and the waters of the fish. Imagine if the animals themselves gave you permission to visit them. And imagine visiting them and
A visit to Wolf Nation Read More »
Day four of The Ultimate Blogging Challenge and Inktober. The prompt for today is exotic. The boy picked up his backpack. His parents smiled at him. But the boy was watching Baby Bear, who went into a wooded area near the beach. “I wonder what’s there,” the boy said. “You have a lot of curiosity,”
Today, I went with two friends to the opening day of the Erie County Fair. The entry fee was a donation of four cans of food. All food was going to Feedmore of Western New York. When we arrived and donated our cans, we saw that the bins were overflowing with cans, which meant that
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St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church holds a chicken barbecue and basket raffle every year. It’s not only a fundraiser, it’s a community event. This year, I had a Very Important and Very Powerful Job. I was a Roll Opener. Doesn’t that sound like a great Job Title? I thought so. I was celebrating
Soup is souper… even souperb! Read More »
When did I become a birdwatcher? Ummmmmmm. I really don’t know. It’s one of these things that sort of happened when I was least expecting it. One day, I was wondering how realistic Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, “The Birds,” was. And, before I knew it, I was saying, “Oooh, is that a Baltimore Oriole?” I really
On a clear day, you can see forever… Bird flying high, you know how I feel… Sunrise, sunset, swiftly fly the days… Here comes the sun (Here goes the sun??) “My time of day is the nighttime…” listening for the “black bird singing in the dead of night.”
Sunset over the Niagara River Read More »