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Author Archives: Benjamin
English Peas
For many of us, English Peas, Snow Peas and Sugar Snap Peas are the sweet, sweet taste of spring. Planted as soon as the ground can be worked, these little beauties grow like mad and taste so good they barely … Continue reading
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Tagged English Peas, garden, gardening, Peas, spring, sugar snap peas
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C’mon, Spring, c’mon!
Sunny, mild days are making our hands itch to get out in the garden but a little snowstorm heading toward the Ohio River Valley reminds us that it’s still March. Still, we take the opportunity to prune a little here … Continue reading
First Day of Spring
The Vernal Equinox has finally arrived so today the amount of daylight is equal to the amount of darkness…or something like that. More importantly, it means spring is here. We may still have some cold temperatures and perhaps even snow … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, birds, farming, garden, gardening, hydrangeas, petunias, spring, vernal equinox
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Snowy Cardinal
It’s been an interesting winter here in the Ohio River Valley. Interesting. Lots of snow. And lots of snow shoveling. Multiple days of sub-zero temperatures. More ice on the Ohio River than we’ve seen since the late 70′s. And did … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardinal, cardinals, cold, Kentucky, Ohio River, Ohio River Valley, snow, Winter
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Springtime in Kandahar
Spring in the Kandahar region of Afghanistan. Ultra blue skies. Mountains stabbing up from the desert floor like the jagged bones of some ancient behemoth. Soon enough the waterways will slow to a trickle and a layer of talcum-like dust … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, desert, Kandahar, landscape, mountain, mountains
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Pileated Woodpecker ha-ha-ha-HA-ha
This little guy (okay, not so little–he must’ve been been a foot and a half tall) stopped by our backyard a couple of weeks ago. A few days earlier I remarked to my wife that we had seen redheaded woodpeckers … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, bird, birding, birdwatching, orinthology, Pileated, Winter, woodpecker
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Sunrise
All sunrises are good. But some are spectacular.
The Mighty Ohio in Winter
“There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons — That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes” —Emily Dickinson
Winter Barn
Andrew Wyeth said, “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape – the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.”
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Ready for spring?
At the risk of alienating friends, family, co-workers, fellow drivers in the carpool line and the little old lady across the street, I will admit something: I’m not tired of winter yet. There, I said it out loud. Here in … Continue reading
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