Archive for: Wildlife

Groundhog Sighting!

Groundhog Sighting!

He certainly wasn’t around because the warm, balmy weather.  We’re in the middle of an ice storm as we speak with temps in the 20’s but while...

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Baby coons & Japanese Beetles

Tue 3 Jul 2007 The biggest threat to my little oasis seems to be baby raccoons and Japanese Beetles. Oh, the baby coons are so cute but they are such curious little...

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Snake House

Thu 3 May 2007 We have a snake living in one of our birdhouses. Kind of cute, I guess. I’ve been busy planting as much as I can, ignoring that in 2005 we had...

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Mating or Murder

Sat 24 Mar 2007 For the last couple nights I have been awaken by horrible animal shrieks that I think are coming from raccoons. It’s the kind of noise that sets...

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It’s all in the presentation

Tue 7 Nov 2006 Presentation is everything. Some enjoy their peanut butter sandwiches with the crust cut off… …and some enjoy their pb crammed in a knothole.

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Has the world gone ducking mad?

Tue 3 Oct 2006 Last weekend there was the cutest picture in the Moline Dispatch of a little blonde girl enjoying the beautiful weather at Ben Butterworth Parkway....

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