On Tuesday, Aly and I experienced some magical moments on the homestead.
Up until today, we’ve had heavy rain and very calm weather, creating a lot of fog. The water, the woods, and even the air around the cabin have been misty for days. On Tuesday morning, something changed, if only briefly.
For a few precious moments, the fog lifted off the homestead (Photo: Aly Zeiger).
I may write for a blog, and thereby qualify as a “blogger,” but I prefer to think of myself as an essayist. I try to offer a brief essay each posting, making them somewhat of a stand alone piece. Unfortunately, life can be a bit more linear than that. By choosing to write essays instead of diary entries, I don’t always follow up on the information I present.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, as bits of information to add to previous posts become available. Perhaps it’s time to circle back and follow up on some of the topics previously covered:
As far as we know, the brood of chickadees living in one of our bird houses fledged successfully. A short while later, a chickadee couple (the same pair? A different one? We’ll never know) cleaned up the bird house, made a new nest, and a second brood of chickadees has been raised and fledged. Continue reading
