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May 8, 2019 Garden Haiku

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Maraleen

A robin in the grass, a hummingbird on a branch. The sun setting. Calm.  

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April 30, 2019 Hummingbirds Have Returned

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Maraleen

Usually the hummingbirds return from Central and South America to the very same place they left the year before.  Every year, the first male hummingbirds scouts arrive at our home between May 2nd and May 9th.  This year, they are … Continue reading →

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Drama in the Forest

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Maraleen

March 6, 2019: Out my kitchen window is a view of a field of glazed icy snow beyond which is a stream and the woods. I just heard the familiar caw caw of crows with movement in the periphery of … Continue reading →

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June 24 2016: Fireflies, Fritillaries, and Flowering Milkweed

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Maraleen

June 24th 2016 : Fireflies, Fritillaries and Flowering Milkweed Another delightful and enchanting and seemingly magical element has begun; the fireflies are back seeking their mates through light signals like dancing stars or Tinkerbells, just making me happy to be … Continue reading →

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June 2016: Eating Roses

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Maraleen

Rose petal jam and hummingbird nectar, in my kitchen Monday morning. …………             haiku by Maraleen It is with immense joy that I can once gain make rose petal jam, this time from my very own rosa rugosas. Way back in … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Month of May 2016: Challenges and Remedies

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Maraleen

The Beautiful and Challenging Month of May 2016 The days are cool enough to work hard in the garden, cleaning, hauling, amending with compost and mature cow manure, and shoveling mulch wheel barrel by barrel from the 3 cubic foot … Continue reading →

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May 5 2016

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Maraleen

Every year the migrating ruby throated hummingbirds return to our home between May 2nd and May 9th.  Since this first week of May has been cold, rainy and generally dreary, I thought the hummingbirds  would be delayed. As I walked … Continue reading →

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May 2, 2016

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Maraleen

Tis cold, dreary and raining, hovering around 40 degrees F.  Yesterday, the first of May felt like the beginning of March and today there is a hint of spring with dashes of lightening and rolling peals of thunder. At least … Continue reading →

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Spring 2016

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Maraleen

Everything is affected by everything else. How different this spring has been.  With hardly any snow and much milder temperatures, the bears awoke on March 16th this year, contrasting with April 28th, an extraordinarily cold last year.  My indicators are … Continue reading →

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June 2015

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Maraleen

Bears have good memories.  Since they raided the bird seed in late April, they returned only to tear down the hummingbirds feeders a few days ago.  Oh no.  Yes, there are many flowers for the hummingbirds here, including the fabulous … Continue reading →

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