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What is this?

And what’s it doing on my New Hampshire pond?

It looks like a sandpiper to me, but I thought they were beach birds.
Anybody?
Update:  This is, I believe, a Solitary Sandpiper.  Cool!

Physicians and Weathermen

I hadn’t ever considered (prior to today) that doctors have an important commonality with weathermen:  neither can give an accurate forecast.
Consider:  weathermen are very often wrong with their predictions.  Likewise, my mother’s doctor was unwilling to answer the question, “How long do I have to live?” with any specificity.  It seems that often, their predictions […]

Familiar Feathered Friends

When we arrived in New Hampshire in early June, one of the first sounds I heard was the inimitable arguing of hummingbirds.  I can hardly tell you how happy I was to find them here, since they’re one of my favorite photography subjects (though they can be tough to shoot!).

Did you know that hummingbirds migrate?  […]

Priorities

Yesterday, we made “second visits” to the couple of houses that made the cut — and I brought my camera along so I could show my mother where we’re (maybe) going to end up.
Considering we ended up making an offer at the end of the day, you might think I’d have a couple shots of […]

The Ninth Life (Updated)

Pounce seems to be resting quietly again.
Thank goodness.
I can’t bear the thought of him suffering.

It’s been a brutally fast decline.  Even though the vet told us that this type of cancer moves very quickly, I’m still shocked.
He’s only 11 years old.  I expected — looked forward to — many more years with him.
But in the […]