Tag Archives: nature

In case you’ve never seen it close up….

May 12, 2020 Rivergirl 16 Comments

Don’t get excited, I’m talking about deer antlers.

And as I was filtering through my hundreds of shots of our buck the other day….

I thought some of you city people might get a kick out of this.

After the fall rut….. (read: deer orgy, where size does matter) ….. the buck will drop his then useless horns.

It’s a slow process that sometimes takes all winter. The blood supply is cut off and they slowly loosen. You often see bucks with one side hanging crookedly… and they’ll rub against trees, fence posts, picnic tables or whatever is around to knock them off.

When this happens, it does look a little bizarre.

And painful, though they assure me it’s not.

But how do the proverbial ‘they’ know?

I doubt anything has fallen off of them lately.

It certainly doesn’t look like fun to me.

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A day most fowl… as well as foul.

May 11, 2020 Rivergirl 13 Comments

It started out well enough, with a sighting of a beloved yet rarely seen visitor.

This time he was across the street, walking along the edge of our neighbor’s farm.

He’s a beautiful ring necked pheasant we named Phineas.

They’re not native to Maine and can’t survive the winters, but a man up the road raises them and occasionally one or two will break free. Last year, Phineas brought his woman to our backyard. She was looking for a nesting site… but we never did see any chicks.

Later on in the day….

Saturday, May frickin‘ 9th?

We had ducks.

And snow.

This is the first time we’ve ever had mallards.

Sadly….it isn’t the first time we’ve had snow in May.

The ducks stayed quite a while, raiding the droppings from the bird feeders and the leftover deer grain.

And then a friend joined them.

A fowl day for sure.

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The herd.

May 3, 2020 Rivergirl 35 Comments

It’s been deer central at Casa River lately.

With upwards of 14 at a time.

Lots of repeat visitors from past years, and though they might all look the same to you…. we recognize and call quite a few of them by name.

Alright… Pregnant, the Buck, Little Guy and Dark Doe aren’t so much names as designations. But still.

Our resident buck’s antlers are starting to grow back….

Which always makes me think of Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia’s doughnut hairdo.

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They’re all currently blowing winter coats and the lawn is full of hair clumps.

Which the birds, chipmunks and squirrels scoop up for their spring nests.

Mother Nature is a wonderful thing.

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More chucker pics….

May 2, 2020 Rivergirl 13 Comments

Because I can.

I’m seriously in love with this little critter.

I know most people see them as pests and hate them.

But other than a few holes here and there….

This one’s never done any harm.

And a cuter garbage disposal for leftover salad scraps you’re not apt to find.

Last year we had a momma woodchuck and 4 babies.

This year…. only one.

I’ve yet to determine if it’s momma or one of her kids.

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Crazy like a…..

April 26, 2020 Rivergirl 23 Comments

You knew where this was headed.

Our beautiful pair of foxes from last year are back.

Which means I’m laying in a steady supply of grain free vitamin filled dry dog food with taurine.

Along with fresh strawberries and blueberries.

Why?

Because a veterinarian friend told me that’s the best thing to feed them.

And because this:

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Is only available for sale in England.

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It’s that time again…

April 26, 2020 Rivergirl 16 Comments

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Let’s jump right in shall we?

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I’m a little disturbed a group of volunteers named porn are starting anything in my community, no less a scheme.

But please, if they found valuable information on my site?

No thanks are necessary.

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Some random photographs….

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This one is interesting, as it’s spam…. about not wanting spam.

You don’t often find that kind of symmetry in life.

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And on the 8th day, the government starts screwing with our vacation…

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Even better than rocks…

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Myspace?

Clearly this spammer is using a Tardis.

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I’ve had a lot of nicknames over the years, but fish whisperer wasn’t one of them.

And my baby is wonderful?

Damn. I don’t even remember being pregnant.

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OMG…

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Well, you can’t blame him.

April 25, 2020 Rivergirl 29 Comments

Our resident chucker was a bit ticked off the other day.

He was out back in the sun, enjoying a few apples…

Happily posing for pictures….

And an hour later?

Bam!

One cold woodchuck.

We had a squall move in from out of nowhere.

And I’m sure he was rethinking the decision to come out of hibernation.

No, he wasn’t happy.

With the snow…. or me.

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Getting my geek on.

April 25, 2020 Rivergirl 28 Comments

While I’m not a huge television person, I do tend to leave the husband to his own devices at night ( and by this I mean John Wayne and MSNBC, not self gratification ) and curl up in bed with a remote of my own on occasion.

More often than not? I’ll be watching some dry as toast documentary that no one else finds the least bit appealing.

Case in point?

Yeah…. I loved it.

And if you’re wondering why the husband and I have to watch separate tv’s?

I once made him watch a 4 part series about Kublai and Genghis Khan called “Mongol Horde… Storm From The East”. He fell asleep 10 minutes into every episode and still never forgave me.

On my current DVR list?

Forbidden History is my jam.

Juicy secrets from the past….. what’s not to love?

I just discovered Unearthed.

And have been walking through the Valley of the Kings, marveling over ancient Thebes and reading hieroglyphs from the Temple of Karnak …. in my pajamas.

You can’t beat that with a stick.