Entries Tagged as 'Happy'
Happy Birthday, Christine!
September 12th, 2008 · Comments Off
Happy is our official well-wisher. Happy birthday, CDeL!
Tags: GBirds Pets & People · Happy
For the Record: Hummingbirds Have Feet
September 6th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Spending time on the Adirondack bench this a.m., right after Hanna’s rain ended, watching ruby-throated hummingbirds at the feeder while nursing a two-day weather headache. (Is it just me or do lots of people get queasy migraines when the barometric pressure drops?) Tito’s flopped next to me having a head-pat, being a good little man [...]
Tags: Butterflies & Moths · Common Buckeye · GBirds Pets & People · Happy · Ruby-throated Hummingbird · Tito
Tickseed Season
September 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Garden purists, avert your eyes. The rest of you, please enjoy this explosion of yellow courtesy of the tickseed we’ve allowed to go crazy in the garden. Some are nearly six feet tall! According to my fantastic new field guide, Wildflowers of North Carolina, there are 12 species of tickseed in our area, and it’s [...]
Tags: American Painted Lady · Dry Creekbed · GBirds Pets & People · Garden · Happy · Skipper · Tickseed
Happy and Tito are Friends
June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off
Happy loves to run, and Tito loves trying to keep up with her. For a dog with short legs, he does an admirable job of keeping up. Happy, after all, has a reputation for being the fastest dog of them all, but I think she does a fair amount of sandbagging for Tito’s sake. Tito [...]
Tags: GBirds Pets & People · Happy · Pets · Tito
Hanging Rock State Park
May 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Josh had a rare day off this weekâhis first after 16 consecutive days of working. We took Happy and Tito to Hanging Rock State Park, which is a short drive from our place, yet more in the foothills of the Appalachians and therefore a little more mountainy. We hiked to a couple of waterfalls, as [...]
Tags: GBirds Pets & People · Happy · Tito







