NATURE IN THE CITY – BIRTH OF A SEED™

Lilly Encounters Her First Alien

Ever notice that dogs don’t startle much? The neighborhood is getting ready early for Halloween. Steve takes Lilly for a walk to the vet. It’s in the neighborhood and he wanted to re-familiarize her for the shots she’s getting next week and to weigh her. She lost a pound and walked in like she ownedContinue reading “Lilly Encounters Her First Alien”

Insect Or Drone?

Can insects communicate with humans, so the human knows what they’re communicating? I open the blinds and there clings an insect to the screen. Big as far as insects I’ve seen go. I stared and the insect stared back. I could sense the insect strategizing as it attempted to slowly move it’s legs. Maybe itContinue reading “Insect Or Drone?”

Spring Walks Me Home

singing its spring songs all the way to Lilly’s House:

Domesticated Flowers Growing Wild Along The Road

The Death And Birth Of A Marigold

Black Squirrels In Lakewood

I never heard of a black squirrel. Never saw one in person or in a picture. While walking with Steve to view some of the apartment/condo buildings on the Gold Coast near where we live, we happened upon a bunch of black squirrels in a small region of a small neighborhood, running from yard toContinue reading “Black Squirrels In Lakewood”

A Catalpa Tree Grows Where I live

Years ago, in our front yard on Arthur Street in Springfield Massachusetts grew a catalpa tree. Large leaves with long bean-like pods and white pungent flowers that stuck to the sidewalk where they fell. That was a long time ago and the tree has since been taken down. In all the places I lived sinceContinue reading “A Catalpa Tree Grows Where I live”