Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
For those of you who thought I must have gotten my genders confused on my post about the female Hooded Merganser, I offer this pic: Here we have the lovely couple together. Yes, she is a beauty, but as you can see, compared to him she really is quite plain. [...]
Running into his workroom at the lab, she said, “Honey, quick, where’s my camera? There’s a duck out here I’ve never seen before.” He didn’t even look up from his microscope. “Hmmm, probably a Hooded Merganser.” She said: “It’s red-headed and looks like it has a Mohawk hair-do.” Still without [...]
He: “You did good with the main course tonight, love, I don’t understand why you’re putting Tabasco sauce in it.” She: “It’s missing something. I wanted a bolder flavor.” He: “Really? I don’t think one of those will fit in the pot, never mind your bowl. There’s a hammer and [...]
People say Hummingbirds are too fragile to withstand extreme weather. Ha! Hummingbirds are strong, resilient and fierce. On December 29th, 2010, I video taped this Anna’s Hummingbird sipping nectar from a feeder on our back deck. Three hummingbirds that we know of wintered here on San Juan Island in Puget [...]
Yesterday as I sat at the dining room table eating my lunch I watched the Juncos and Chickadees fighting over the suet in the woodpecker feeder and wondered why the woodpecker had never come back. I figured our greasy spoon cuisine didn’t suit him. Alas. No sooner had that thought [...]