Happy pandemic tax day. The IRS pulled what I owed out of my bank account on Monday just like I set it up months ago. As you can see, once again I'm sitting on the front porch. And surprisingly, the humidity is a bit lower and the temperature is still…
I'm liking the shady front porch more and more as the summer progresses. And, the cooler morning temperature is even cooler feeling in all the shade. The squirrels are going to town on the mimosa beans once again. Their steady munching a background sound different from most others. Their seem…
Last year I was enthralled with the presence of a group/family of Mississippi Kites. They hung around all summer. On my morning Coffee Muses they would be sitting on their perches above Jones Street, visible from my backyard. Today's BirdNote segment was about these birds... Mississippi Kites For more info:…
Warm and Sunny Coffee Muses.
Another warm and gloomy Coffee Muses. A mourning dove has decided to join the morning chorus. The disc of the sun is sometimes visible, sometimes not, through the rising clouds that were once heavy fog. There's a blue jay announcing itself in my woods. A blue jay's call doesn't match…
Foggy morning Coffee Muses... It's loud out this morning. Birds are singing all over the place. And the fog seems to act as an amplifier. Somewhere, way off, I hear what sounds like a cuckoo...There's a slight breeze blowing cool, damp air out of the south, making it feel much…
Frosty cold this morning. Two nights in a row the temperature has fallen into the mid-twenties. The temperature on the other porch is still 29 degrees. It's a funny thing though, the thermometer on the post to my left is already reading 40 degrees. Microclimates... aren't they fun? It's what…
The past week at the bird feeders (nectar feeders for hummingbirds) have been a load of fun. It seems the number of Ruby Throats has gone up exponentially. The battles being fought to control the feeding rights are unending. We have three feeders set up right now and the traffic is continuous from sunup till sundown.…
Sitting out on the porch with my morning coffee was a change of pace today. All of the rain we have been having makes it look and feel like spring not fall. It must have already rained a bit this morning because the trees are still dripping. The sun coming…
