Lets Jump Together

I really could not believe what I was seeing.
I had never seen them here this early before.
The swamp that they usually stand in beside the highway still had ice on it and the snow was still all around the edges too.
There were just a couple of open spots of water.
But that Great Blue Heron was [...]

Old is becoming new again in the medical field.
And it involves using a totally natural product for healing - maggots.
The antibiotics that we have been using for the last 50 years or so are starting to become “immune” to many of the “super bacteria” that have developed from incorrect and over usage of them.
Enter the [...]

The little Dark-Eyed Juncos have returned from their summer quarters that stretch far into the Arctic.
They will winter here in our New England area, always foraging on the ground for their food.
Whether the ground is covered in grass or leaves or snow, they are always around in a pretty big group.
Once in a while one [...]

We live in the country and are well aware of the wildlife on the roads at night.
For all the years we have lived here, we have been pretty lucky.
But we aren’t usually out on the roads much at night either.
My son was driving his girlfriend home last Wednesday night about 10:15.
Not more than five minutes [...]

I had such a great surprise the other afternoon.
We were swimming at the lake about 5:30 in the afternoon.
We like to swim away from the beach area - less people and deeper water.
In fact, we were the only ones there at the time - and it was great.
Turning from back floating to front floating, I [...]

Never realized just how amazing these cuttlefish are.
We do not have them in our region of the world - they are a tropical fish.
They have the ability to change not only their skin color, but the texture as well in order to blend in with their environment.
And they are quite intelligent.
Several tests both in the [...]

It was about 4:00 in the morning and I couldn’t sleep very well, so I moved into the living room and sat in the dark beside the open window.
The cool night air felt refreshing as it breezed along my face.
All was quiet.
Then I heard it - that familiar call that I hadn’t heard since last [...]