Mulberry is Open for Business
Many animals will visit our yard in the next couple weeks just to sample the delectable fare. Each June, the mulberry tree (Morus alba L.) produces abundant fruit. Early in […]
Author: Robert Mercer
Feed Me!!
The movie Finding Nemo got it right when they gave the voice of the young laughing gull an irritating, “ME, ME, ME.” Baby birds, in fact almost any animal that […]
The Story Some Sounds Will Tell
I awoke to a thump on the roof and a quick series of pattering footsteps. Within seconds, a second thump and pattering. Then a third thump. That provided all the […]
No Laughing Matter
Earlier this spring, for our daily walk, Eileen and I chose a fishing pier that jutted out into the Atlantic Ocean about two tenths of a mile and stands about […]
A Spider Visits
Two not so itsy bitsy spiders climbed on our bedroom wall. Generally, this doesn’t bother us at all. We tend to leave these tiny visitors alone as they really do […]
Something to Crow About
I spy a crow flying overhead, straight and steady, obviously heading to a destination; “as a crow flies.” I attempt an identification and wait for the crow to call. Uh-uh, […]
One of THE South’s Iconic Trees
Eileen and I love driving through a tunnel of trees and in the coastal plain of the southern states, one can find many locations meeting this description. A large tree […]
Seeing the Goddess of Love
The other day while coming in during the early evening hours, I spy an abnormally bright star, so bright it just had to be a planet! Have you noticed it? […]
Tufted Titmouse
Now that I am retired, Eileen and I decided to travel. At the time of this writing in Mid-January we are not far from Charleston, SC. How different! Instead of cold […]