….because there’s no such thing as too many baby bird photos, right? Tuffy P took these this morning. These baby house sparrows are just about ready for flight school.
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UFO landing on Twenty Seventh Street
Parent Sauces
Check out the new episode of The Agency Podcast. Listen right here or find it at all the good podcast places. We celebrate a milestone this episode. We talk about the idea of writing a mystery novel, cooking indoors and out as well as okra,… Read More
Baby Sparrows
There are many birds in our community here in the southwest corner of Toronto. We have house sparrows nesting here, and grackles and starlings. I think there is a cardinal nest in one of the spruces, as I see the pair going in and out,… Read More
DIY combo alcohol/twig camping stove
I’m planning on going on a canoe trip with my buddy East Texas Red this summer, assuming we get enough people vaccinated against COVID-19 that travel and camping remain a reasonable possibility. I’m the cook on this adventure. Much of the cooking will be on… Read More
Bread ‘n’ Butter
Ward Allen… Starting to learn this one on fiddle… so much fun!
M is for Mystery
The new episode of The Agency Podcast is up. You can listen right here or find it at all the good podcast places. Is it possible for two people living in different cities to write a mystery novel together? We explore this idea and much… Read More
80?!
Hard to believe Bob Dylan turned 80 today. I remember like it was yesterday hearing Blood on the Tracks for the first time and feeling like it was perfect. I wore out my first copy of that record, then Hard Rain and Desire before even… Read More
2 Herons
We took a walk down the street this morning to see if we could find the yellow-crowned night heron recently spotted in Col. Sam Smith Park. This bird, very rare for our area, turned out to be easy to find – we saw the birders… Read More
An exciting time in the garden
There is so much activity in the garden right now. Tomatoes and hot chiles are in and some of the earlier veggies are growing fast. Peonies are just starting to bloom in our yard and so are the poppies. The giant hostas I split off… Read More