Lets Jump Together

They have been back for a couple of weeks now.
The Eagles have arrived in Maine.
Visit the EagleCam at the Biodiversity Research Institute to view either 15 minute interval images, or click the “watch live” link to view the cam in real time.
Not only is there an Eagle Cam, but there is also a cam [...]

Wishing all my readers a Happy Easter or Passover or Spring or just a plain ole Good Day!
The holiday is early this year, as are these little spring flowers which are always a joy to see.
They are wild flowers - the purple ones are violets.
Not sure what the white ones are - I have always [...]

The first day of Spring or the Vernal Equinox arrived today at 5:32 pm.
And it arrived in a glorious manner here in New England with record high temperatures for the 4th day in a row.
The daffodils are up quite a ways in the garden, as are the tulips.
Good thing they are hardy plants though, because [...]

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-by Helen Keller

In order to complete the total feeling of being human on this planet, we need all the emotions - even the ones that don’t always make us happy.
It makes us really appreciate those happy ones when [...]

Spring arrives with a special treat in our area.  Picking fiddlehead ferns is always a welcome time.
This delicacy is here for only a week in the spring, and it is something our family has enjoyed for many years.
The best time to harvest these ferns is just as they are starting to grow with their [...]

It’s that time of the year again.  One of the drawbacks of country life is the amount of bugs we have around.
It all starts right about now - mid spring, when the weather is so perfect to be outdoors.
There is a joke about the black flies in New England and how there are so many [...]

Easter Greetings to all my friends around the world!
A quick piece of trivia about the computation of Easter Sunday:
The rule has since the Middle Ages been phrased as Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the day of the vernal equinox.
There are a few exceptions to [...]