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CRNT #7: Cinco Ranch Nature Trail Haikus
Rabbit flat in grass Hiding, quiet, from the dogs It is safe, for now Line up on the rocks Mommy, daddy, babies too Nature’s artists, all Three herons hunting Two egrets want to join in One heron, not sharing Birds sitting in a tree Singing a sweet song of glee Longingly I…
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Willow Waterhole
Last week, I flew the coop again. I was waiting on a friend who didn’t appear, and I didn’t want to lose another day to my living room, so I loaded the stroller and left to explore a park that I had been reading about and hadn’t visited yet. This time, I decided my main objective was…
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Kleb Woods
A generation or so ago, mothers were recommended to stay in for a “period of confinement” after their babies were born. Well, I don’t deal well with captivity. My forays into the world were initially limited to the immediate neighborhood, then surrounding neighborhoods, but by four weeks into this “period of confinement”, I was ready…
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Digital Age Baby: There’s an App for That!
During the end of February through now, there’s been a lack of posts on this blog. We had stopped our forays into different urban wilderness areas and were focused on building our own nest. The birds out there might have been busy building their nests with twigs, leaves, bits of hair and feathers, but here…