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Critters in the crawlspace and pretty much everywhere else too

June 10, 2008

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Now I don’t know if bugs and moths can properly be called critters but I do know they can be called neighbors, even roommates, at this time of year – along with midges, junebugs, wolf spiders, bunnies in the bushes, and whatever it is that burrowed under my foundation into my crawlspace. I haven’t had […]

Pine Hill EcoXpo Friday – Just go you’ll love it

June 10, 2008

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If you’re a gardener, or if you just like green stuff, you should head over to Pine Hill Nursery on Friday June 13 from 6-8pm.  Listen to music by Syzygy – sample locally produced taste treats – hang out with experts from Grass River Natural Area, The Watershed Center, Tip of the Mitt, and Dr. […]

And the Season Begins!

May 28, 2008

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There are so many things going on that I thought I’d better start telling you about them before I forgot.  Besides, once I put it on Torch Lake Views I always know where to find it myself.  Lessee now.   This week: The Eastport Market’s outdoor produce section is open under the awning Dockworks is pulling boats […]

Robin Report: Katy’s Empty Nest Syndrome

May 26, 2008

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Correspondent Katy Newman sends this update on Baby Robin: Attached are final photos of birdies . . . my nest is empty, and I am left with the shallow twig bowl of optimism and evolution and the circle of life . . . I may listen to The Lion King later . . . (Click […]

How cold was it? It was so cold . . .

May 22, 2008

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Let’s have a word about the weather, Mama Nature.  We agreed that I would stop whining about the cold back in April when, let’s face it, we always have some rotten lousy gray rainy . . .  I’m sorry.  I promised.  But Mama, it’s MAY now.  Cherry blossoms.  Nectarine blossoms.  Buzzing bees.  Morel mushrooms.  Baby […]

The Babs Came Back, the Very Next Day

May 5, 2008

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Remember the song?  Never mind.  Babs is back, and on her way home she captured early spring in the cherry orchards along Elk Lake Road.  Here you go: