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https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-national-feral-cat-day.html?showComment=1224252420000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Happy National Feral Cat Day! a feral photo from the Web; if I could find attribution I'd gladly give it. Across the United States, perhaps 90 million domestic cats ar... julie zickefooseferal catblogspothappynational https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/05/leaning-tree.html?showComment=1305834112287 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: The Leaning Tree Yes, she had a distinct lean to the east. This is my last photo of the great red oak, taken on February 26, 2011. It's a perilous lean. But... julie zickefooseblogspotleaningtree https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/10/spiders-no-eeking.html?showComment=1223345220000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Spiders! No Eeking! If there's any reason to love autumn, and there are millions, it's the prevalence of spiders. No, it's not much fun to get a faceful of web... julie zickefooseblogspotspiders https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/09/gifts-from-meadow.html?showComment=1315499045431 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Gifts from the Meadow And overhead the great clouds sail... as I struggle to make images showing them and the landscape, too (a tall order and a terrible thing ... julie zickefoosegifts fromblogspotmeadow https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/07/ol-55.html?showComment=1374671469637 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Ol' 55 Well, my time went so quickly I went lickety splitly Out to my ol' '55. As I pulled away slowly Feeling so holy, God ... julie zickefooseblogspotol https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/07/life-around-wren-nest.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Life Around the Wren Nest Dead Laptop Update: Apple has it as of this morning, and has ordered the part(s). Zick Update: Coping fine with Old Slow iMac and her ancien... julie zickefooselife aroundthe wrenblogspotnest https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2014/03/gull-rescue.html?showComment=1393934164397 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Gull Rescue I've mentioned in earlier posts about the visible carnage around Dunkirk Harbor, most of it a natural outcome of having a huge gathering o... julie zickefooseblogspotgullrescue https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-knew-this-day-would-come.html?showComment=1292618033211 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: I Knew This Day Would Come I knew this day would come, when I wouldn't be able to run any more. When the ice and snow would come and our country road would turn into a... julie zickefoosethis dayblogspotknewwould https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/05/ Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: May 2012 I'm an artist and writer who lives in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. With this blog, I hope to show what happens when you make room in your life, every... julie zickefooseblogspotmay https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/07/wren-eggs-hatch.html?showComment=1246876625608 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: The Wren Eggs Hatch I've mentioned before how nervous this (perhaps first-time) mama Carolina wren was. She was off her eggs as much as she was on them in the d... julie zickefoosethe wrenblogspoteggshatch https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2014/01/chet-baker-wont-go.html?showComment=1391083072826 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Chet Baker Won't Go! Here's a little slice of life with Chet Baker. I love this video because it shows so many classic and sly dog avoidance behaviors. A little ... julie zickefoosechet bakerblogspotgo https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2015/12/and-child-shall-lead.html?showComment=1449137174407 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: And the Child Shall Lead There's this thing that happens when you're visiting a place and a person for a short while, in which you try to maximize your time togethe... julie zickefooseand theblogspotchildshall https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2014/01/chet-baker-wont-go.html?showComment=1391082878603 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Chet Baker Won't Go! Here's a little slice of life with Chet Baker. I love this video because it shows so many classic and sly dog avoidance behaviors. A little ... julie zickefoosechet bakerblogspotgo https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-national-feral-cat-day.html?showComment=1224248400000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Happy National Feral Cat Day! a feral photo from the Web; if I could find attribution I'd gladly give it. Across the United States, perhaps 90 million domestic cats ar... julie zickefooseferal catblogspothappynational https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/06/saving-bluebird.html?showComment=1246080694559 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Saving a Bluebird There had been five bluebird babies in the front yard bluebird box when I last checked the nest. Three males and two females, I knew that. T... julie zickefooseblogspotsavingbluebird https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2006/12/do-you-know-biscuit-man.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Do You Know the Biscuit Man? He has a biskit, I know he has a biskit. And it is for me. For me. For wonderful me. Hurry please with the biskit, Gene the mailman. Of the ... do you knowjulie zickefoosethe biscuitblogspotman https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/12/blasting-through-creative-block.html?showComment=1229950680000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Blasting Through the Creative Block We're not done with Guyana, not by a long shot. But I need a little break, because I've fallen behind thanks to the Christmas madness. So th... julie zickefoosethe creativeblogspotblastingblock https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/12/sapsuckers-and-song-sparrows.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Sapsuckers and Song Sparrows Every single yellow-bellied sapsucker that comes to our yard tries immediately to kill itself on my huge studio windows. I do not kno... julie zickefooseblogspotsongsparrows https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/12/macaw-gone-bad.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Macaw Gone Bad I am moved to post about my 21-year-old chestnut-fronted macaw, Charlie, tonight, because I got a little glimpse into his parroty mind today... julie zickefooseblogspotmacawgonebad https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/05/leaning-tree.html?showComment=1305807802770 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: The Leaning Tree Yes, she had a distinct lean to the east. This is my last photo of the great red oak, taken on February 26, 2011. It's a perilous lean. But... julie zickefooseblogspotleaningtree https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/01/peanutizing-boudoir.html?showComment=1328066434087 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Peanutizing the Boudoir Sitting out in the rain is one thing; poking food in every nook and cranny of your roost snag is another. I feel sometimes like I'm docume... julie zickefooseblogspotboudoir https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2015/04/house-finch-disease-treating-wild-birds.html?showComment=1428151334412 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: House Finch Disease: Treating Wild Birds I've said it before. The social media world is a weird, weird world. I say that as someone who's up to her neck in it and part of the proble... julie zickefoosehouse finchblogspotdiseasetreating https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/06/boy-and-his-turtle.html?showComment=1244822042432 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: A Boy and His Turtle You may remember a post from some time ago about the two baby box turtles we are fostering for eventual release into the wild here on Indigo... julie zickefooseblogspotboyturtle https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/07/ Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: July 2009 I'm an artist and writer who lives in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. With this blog, I hope to show what happens when you make room in your life, every... julie zickefooseblogspotjuly https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/05/driveway-oak.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: The Driveway Oak From the most basic to the most deeply spiritual level, it defined our home, the big red oak tree at the end of the driveway. Anyone coming... julie zickefooseblogspotdrivewayoak https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2007/03/wild-nights.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Wild Nights I'm sorry I have been such an irregular correspondent. Life is bigger than I am right now, and there are too many obligations and people vyi... julie zickefooseblogspotwildnights https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-dassie-man.html?showComment=1453988124525 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: The Dassie Man It was only right, in a place as magical as Hermanus, South Africa, that something strange and wonderful should happen. After all, there... julie zickefooseblogspotdassieman https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/12/manatee-love.html?showComment=1229036880000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Manatee Love In the previous post, I mentioned having come to know some injured and orphaned manatees at INPA, the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas de Ama... julie zickefooseblogspotmanateelove https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2007/03/pepperoni-pup.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: The Pepperoni Pup There are two pieces of pepperoni on Liam's plate. I do not think that anyone else has noticed this. And I am sure that no one knows what I ... julie zickefooseblogspotpepperonipup https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-happened-next.html?showComment=1270085257194 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: What Happened Next I'm not good for much today but burning trash and doing laundry, of which there's always a lot. A lot has happened since my last post thanki... julie zickefoosewhat happenedblogspotnext https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/12/saving-nokota-horse.html?showComment=1260552557356 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Saving the Nokota Horse Continuing from my previous post, "The Nokota Horse:" 1979 was a big year for the mustangs of North Dakota. A rancher and horse breeder name... julie zickefooseblogspotsavinghorse https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2020/09/28-minutes-of-september.html?showComment=1600194658850 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: 28 Minutes of September The morning started beautifully, at 8:17 AM with this spring's rose-breasted grosbeak, trying to sing. He'd gotten strawberry jam all down ... julie zickefooseblogspotminutesseptember https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/12/slow-surrender-to-winter.html?showComment=1261837434647 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: A Slow Surrender to Winter Here's Liam's first published photo. Not bad for a ten-year-old, freezin' in his dinosaur jammies while he takes a picture of his mama. ... julie zickefoosea slowblogspotsurrenderwinter https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/05/oklahoma-cave-bats.html?showComment=1274711868434 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Oklahoma Cave Bats The Cimarron River, Oklahoma. I felt I'd been dropped in the middle of a Clint Eastwood Western, the landscape was so different and so grand... julie zickefooseblogspotoklahomacavebats https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/09/homeschooling.html?showComment=1221431100000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Homeschooling Duck Creek is a placid little stream that flows through the bottomlands of Whipple. Placid until it floods, and then it can cut off our main... julie zickefooseblogspothomeschooling https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2015/04/fox-squirrel-rescue.html?showComment=1429983608151 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Fox Squirrel Rescue I was running along a high ridge when I heard a vocalization that was unfamiliar to me. It was a piercing, mournful whistle, insistent and ... julie zickefoosefox squirrelblogspotrescue https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/05/leaning-tree.html?showComment=1305812200793 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: The Leaning Tree Yes, she had a distinct lean to the east. This is my last photo of the great red oak, taken on February 26, 2011. It's a perilous lean. But... julie zickefooseblogspotleaningtree https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2015/12/my-christmas-buck.html?showComment=1450191777735 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: My Christmas Buck I was in the studio, working away, when I realized it was time to go pick Liam up at the bus stop, about 15 minutes away. I looked out ... julie zickefoosemy christmasblogspotbuck https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/12/manatee-love.html?showComment=1229032080000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Manatee Love In the previous post, I mentioned having come to know some injured and orphaned manatees at INPA, the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas de Ama... julie zickefooseblogspotmanateelove https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2014/05/chet-baker-bamboozler.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Chet Baker, Bamboozler Chet Baker is a bossy dog. Demon is not. Demon is our neighbordog. And Chet's been bamboozling him since he was a galumphy pup. Chet ... julie zickefoosechet bakerblogspot https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/06/ Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: June 2012 I'm an artist and writer who lives in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. With this blog, I hope to show what happens when you make room in your life, every... julie zickefooseblogspotjune https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/12/ Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: December 2008 I'm an artist and writer who lives in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. With this blog, I hope to show what happens when you make room in your life, every... julie zickefooseblogspotdecember https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/07/scarlet-tanager-he-baaack.html?showComment=1246583311697 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Scarlet Tanager--He's Baaack! This is a post about a scarlet tanager settin' on a post. The post stands outside my studio window, and I can't remember why we put it up. M... julie zickefoosescarlet tanagerblogspot https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/12/now-we-are-six-chet-baker.html?showComment=1292169368689 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Now We are Six, Chet Baker! He is perfect. At six, Chet Baker is exactly the dog I would have designed, had I been able to do that in one stroke. Instead, it took ma... julie zickefoosewe areblogspotsixchet https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/04/colonial-spiders-long-tailed-potoo.html?showComment=1239062340000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Colonial Spiders, Long-tailed Potoo Where were we? Oh yes. Colonial spiders. As if one spider weren't enough, in Guyana they have colonial spiders, or communal spiders. Let's j... julie zickefooselong tailedblogspotcolonialspiders https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-national-feral-cat-day.html?showComment=1224166980000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Happy National Feral Cat Day! a feral photo from the Web; if I could find attribution I'd gladly give it. Across the United States, perhaps 90 million domestic cats ar... julie zickefooseferal catblogspothappynational https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/02/kids-and-horses.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Kids and Horses We have been coming to North Dakota for a long time. This June will make our tenth summer that we've given ourselves the gift of the prai... julie zickefooseblogspotkidshorses https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/07/scarlet-tanager-he-baaack.html?showComment=1246739511393 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Scarlet Tanager--He's Baaack! This is a post about a scarlet tanager settin' on a post. The post stands outside my studio window, and I can't remember why we put it up. M... julie zickefoosescarlet tanagerblogspot https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-glories-who-could-resist.html?showComment=1256687532158 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: More Glories (who could resist?) The morning glory was so surpassingly beautiful that I found myself photographing it whenever Bill and I were on the deck birding. This phot... julie zickefooseblogspotgloriescouldresist https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/10/chet-loves-spaghetti.html?showComment=1256905665175 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Chet Loves Spaghetti I continue to spend my days cleaning. Cleaning out the old. Making room, not for the new, but for us. Killing about 10 billion dust mites wi... julie zickefooseblogspotchetlovesspaghetti https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2007/09/crazy-mad-spa-ful-of-birds.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Crazy Mad Spa-ful of Birds You'll have to believe me when I tell you this is not unusual. Two cardinals, an eastern bluebird, a tufted titmouse and a cedar waxwing, al... julie zickefooseblogspotcrazymadspa https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/07/chet-baker-photobomber.html?showComment=1374071071267 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Chet Baker, Photobomber Every morning I go out to run and see our road. When it's hot and still and humid, I get up very early, trying to beat the sun. An... julie zickefoosechet bakerblogspotphotobomber https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2014/03/macaw-refuge.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Macaw Refuge This is not an ordinary man-and-macaw story. The afternoon we visited Don Alvaro's finca in the rolling countryside near the Rio Sarapiqui ... julie zickefooseblogspotmacawrefuge https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/02/short-eared-owl-afternoon.html?showComment=1328641072540 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Short-eared Owl Afternoon I love the Ohio Ornithological Society's annual Raptor Extravaganza at The Wilds each January. It's a way to get together with friends... short eared owljulie zickefooseblogspotafternoon https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/01/hooded-crow-starts-cat-fight.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Hooded Crow Starts a Cat Fight I don't often dip into YouTube's waters for material for this blog, but I cannot resist. This post was sparked by something that appeared ... julie zickefoosehooded crowa catblogspotstarts https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/02/first-stop-in-north-dakota-scheels.html?showComment=1330270463076 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: First Stop in North Dakota: Scheel's! A lot of people ask, "Which airport do you use in North Dakota?" We always reply, "Fargo." Because that's where Scheel's is. Scheel's i... julie zickefoosefirst stopnorth dakotablogspot https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/01/peanutizing-boudoir.html?showComment=1328026870980 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Peanutizing the Boudoir Sitting out in the rain is one thing; poking food in every nook and cranny of your roost snag is another. I feel sometimes like I'm docume... julie zickefooseblogspotboudoir https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2016/01/cloudspotting.html?showComment=1454282959510 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Cloudspotting It's Sunday. That means I'm supposed to have a post up, and I don't, as yet. So I need to write something. I've been viewing my blogstats... julie zickefooseblogspot https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/10/chet-loves-spaghetti.html?showComment=1256868888743 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Chet Loves Spaghetti I continue to spend my days cleaning. Cleaning out the old. Making room, not for the new, but for us. Killing about 10 billion dust mites wi... julie zickefooseblogspotchetlovesspaghetti https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2014/02/goldeneyes-scaup-and-industrial-grit.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Goldeneyes, Scaup and Industrial Grit I spent a couple of days recently in New York, one of my objectives being to do some winter birding. Not surprisingly, Lake Erie was froz... julie zickefooseblogspotgoldeneyesscaupindustrial https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2014/01/chet-baker-wont-go.html?showComment=1391103218141 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Chet Baker Won't Go! Here's a little slice of life with Chet Baker. I love this video because it shows so many classic and sly dog avoidance behaviors. A little ... julie zickefoosechet bakerblogspotgo https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-national-feral-cat-day.html?showComment=1224454620000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Happy National Feral Cat Day! a feral photo from the Web; if I could find attribution I'd gladly give it. Across the United States, perhaps 90 million domestic cats ar... julie zickefooseferal catblogspothappynational https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/12/confusing-flycatchers-of-guyana.html?showComment=1228505100000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Confusing Flycatchers of Guyana After awhile, you get used to the fact that there are flycatchers everywhere you look in the tropics. We need them to keep the bugs down, fo... julie zickefooseblogspotconfusingflycatchersguyana https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2016/01/hyrax-heaven-hermanus-south-africa.html?showComment=1453605500685 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Hyrax Heaven: Hermanus, South Africa Another Carpobrotus. What a lovely thing, and each flower three inches or more across! They're really best photographed from a near-p... julie zickefooseblogspothyraxheavenhermanus https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/01/back-to-autumn.html?showComment=1294026431989 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Back to Autumn I have had enough of snow, of this monochrome world. I'm going back to autumn, November 11, to be exact, when most trees were bare but the... julie zickefooseback toblogspotautumn https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/09/incident-at-duck-creek.html?showComment=1221699840000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Incident at Duck Creek You never know what you might find in a good creek. Along its banks, tall ironweed and tickseed sunflower light up the meadow. Down under th... julie zickefooseblogspotincidentduckcreek https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2017/04/animal-tracking-school.html?showComment=1492951199492 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Animal Tracking School Please pardon the interruption in the Dean's Fork story. There's this thing called spring ephemerals, and in order to be of most use ... julie zickefooseanimal trackingblogspotschool https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-happened-next.html?showComment=1270075941448 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: What Happened Next I'm not good for much today but burning trash and doing laundry, of which there's always a lot. A lot has happened since my last post thanki... julie zickefoosewhat happenedblogspotnext https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2016/10/theyre-drilling-my-forest.html?showComment=1477628589912 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: They're Drilling My Forest There's a lot of stuff going on in Washington County Ohio, home of the much-vaunted Marcellus Shale, that upsets me right now. Every mornin... julie zickefooseblogspotdrillingforest https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-national-feral-cat-day.html?showComment=1224166680000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Happy National Feral Cat Day! a feral photo from the Web; if I could find attribution I'd gladly give it. Across the United States, perhaps 90 million domestic cats ar... julie zickefooseferal catblogspothappynational https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/12/sandhill-crane-hunting.html?showComment=1293844294438 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Sandhill Crane Hunting Like a big wingshot bird, the proposal by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission to open season on sandhill cranes in 2011 keeps floppi... julie zickefoosesandhill craneblogspothunting https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2012/04/mount-auburn-cemetery-mothership.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Mount Auburn Cemetery (The Mothership) Here's what it comes down to for me. Cambridge equals Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Yes, there are wonderful shops and restaurants, but I don't have ... mount auburn cemeteryjulie zickefooseblogspotmothership https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/07/prairie-hawk-eagles.html?showComment=1216204980000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Prairie Hawk-eagles For lots of North American birdwatchers, the ferruginous hawk is a real Grail. They're not very common, because they need unbroken prairie. ... julie zickefooseblogspotprairiehawkeagles https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2022/07/boxturtle-morning.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: BoxTurtle Morning I've found two so far this year: box turtle nests, freshly made, and immediately dug out, usually by skunks, opossums, or raccoons. Even cro... julie zickefooseblogspotboxturtlemorning https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/04/colonial-spiders-long-tailed-potoo.html?showComment=1275720100705 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Colonial Spiders, Long-tailed Potoo Where were we? Oh yes. Colonial spiders. As if one spider weren't enough, in Guyana they have colonial spiders, or communal spiders. Let's j... julie zickefooselong tailedblogspotcolonialspiders https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-room-of-ones-own.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: A Room of One's Own Things that are good for the winter-weary soul. I made a lot of noise about what a pain in the asp it was to build... julie zickefoosea roomblogspotone https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/05/leaning-tree.html?showComment=1305823306983 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: The Leaning Tree Yes, she had a distinct lean to the east. This is my last photo of the great red oak, taken on February 26, 2011. It's a perilous lean. But... julie zickefooseblogspotleaningtree https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2015/04/house-finch-disease-treating-wild-birds.html?showComment=1428168809513 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: House Finch Disease: Treating Wild Birds I've said it before. The social media world is a weird, weird world. I say that as someone who's up to her neck in it and part of the proble... julie zickefoosehouse finchblogspotdiseasetreating https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/12/bobs-bluebirds.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Bob's Bluebirds It is a rare privilege to be shown a place that is special to someone. Visiting Bob Niebuhr's mountain bluebird trail not far from Great Fal... julie zickefooseblogspotbobbluebirds https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-migrating.html?showComment=1240366380000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: I'm Migrating! Thanks to all you readers and listeners out there, all you Stumblers who believe love rules,* I keep getting these email alerts that I'm abo... julie zickefooseblogspotmigrating https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/12/beautiful-creatures.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Beautiful Creatures There is a beautiful hermit thrush hanging around the scrubby border of our yard, eating sumac fruits and occasionally coming out to t... julie zickefooseblogspotbeautifulcreatures https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2023/04/fun-with-pine-warblers.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Fun With Pine Warblers One of my gray birches has decided to leaf out on April 2. You go, little tree. The rest are still in tight winter bud. This female cardina... julie zickefoosefun withblogspotpinewarblers https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2014/01/chet-baker-wont-go.html?showComment=1391127513687 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Chet Baker Won't Go! Here's a little slice of life with Chet Baker. I love this video because it shows so many classic and sly dog avoidance behaviors. A little ... julie zickefoosechet bakerblogspotgo https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/12/things-seen-while-running.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Things Seen While Running That last post was a hogchoker. I should have split it in two, saved a little for Tuesday, but I guess it all had to come out right then. Bl... julie zickefooseblogspotthingsseenrunning https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/12/blasting-through-creative-block.html?showComment=1229946540000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Blasting Through the Creative Block We're not done with Guyana, not by a long shot. But I need a little break, because I've fallen behind thanks to the Christmas madness. So th... julie zickefoosethe creativeblogspotblastingblock https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/05/everything-happens-at-once.html?showComment=1369580183544 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Everything Happens at Once One of the things that makes me delirious about spring is that everything happens at once. It would be nice, for instance, if the orchid col... julie zickefooseblogspoteverythinghappens https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2015/12/phoebe-comes-home-chet-baker-smells.html?showComment=1450745663305 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Phoebe Comes Home. Chet Baker Smells Pizza. Phoebe came home from Maine last night. We picked her up at Port Columbus Airport and took her on a very quick Christmas clothes shop... julie zickefoosechet bakerblogspotphoebe https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-national-feral-cat-day.html?showComment=1224166740000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Happy National Feral Cat Day! a feral photo from the Web; if I could find attribution I'd gladly give it. Across the United States, perhaps 90 million domestic cats ar... julie zickefooseferal catblogspothappynational https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/10/wha-ha-happened.html?showComment=1286457229119 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Wha-ha-Happened? I don't know what happened, I really don't. While I had an awkward stage that lasted from first through ninth grades, my daughter seems... julie zickefooseblogspotwhahappened https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2019/04/ Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: April 2019 I'm an artist and writer who lives in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. With this blog, I hope to show what happens when you make room in your life, every... julie zickefooseblogspotapril https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/12/manatee-love.html?showComment=1229047800000 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Manatee Love In the previous post, I mentioned having come to know some injured and orphaned manatees at INPA, the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas de Ama... julie zickefooseblogspotmanateelove https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-knew-this-day-would-come.html?showComment=1292520136529 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: I Knew This Day Would Come I knew this day would come, when I wouldn't be able to run any more. When the ice and snow would come and our country road would turn into a... julie zickefoosethis dayblogspotknewwould https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/10/death-mask-interlude.html?showComment=1288120370203 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Death Mask Interlude From the videotaped interview, it was on to the New-York Historical Society, repository of so many amazing and fascinating objects ... julie zickefoosedeath maskblogspotinterlude https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/06/kentuckys-crane-hunt.html?showComment=1308174987621 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Kentucky's Crane Hunt For those of you who've been following the drama unfolding in Kentucky regarding a sandhill crane hunt, there's bad news. An eight-member c... julie zickefooseblogspotkentuckycranehunt https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/02/snow-kids-and-gulls-on-beach.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Snow, Kids, and Gulls on the Beach Becalmed in Virginia Beach, happily so in a fifth-floor oceanview suite. They treated me right. The Virginia Beach Wildlife Festiv... julie zickefoosesnow kidsblogspotgullsbeach https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/04/paradise-farm.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Paradise Farm Finca Paraiso: Paradise Farm. What a perfect name for this shade coffee/banana/cacao plantation not far from Lake Yojoa, Honduras. Yes, ... julie zickefooseblogspotparadisefarm https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2008/07/dogarama.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Dogarama Lisa, our editor at Houghton Mifflin, who was seen partying incognito in previous posts, brought a toy for Chet made by Orca. It was fabulou... julie zickefooseblogspot https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2013/01/bonaventure-cemetery-daylight-in-garden.html?showComment=1359639152384 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Bonaventure Cemetery: Daylight in the Garden I like that Bonaventure's angels are palpably sad, not blankly insipid. I almost expected to hear this one snuffle. Savannah... julie zickefoosebonaventure cemeteryin theblogspotdaylight https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2007/09/charlie-checks-out.html Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Charlie Checks Out I got a call not long ago I'd been waiting for, ever since taking Charlie for his first veterinarian visit in--eep--18 years? I got Charlie ... julie zickefooseblogspotcharliechecks https://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/07/tree-swallows-nesting-naturally.html?showComment=1310709076847 Julie Zickefoose on Blogspot: Tree Swallows, Nesting Naturally Woodpeckers do a huge favor to a lot of other birds when they chisel out their cavities. Red-headed, downy, hairy and red-bellied woodpeck... julie zickefoosetree swallowsblogspotnestingnaturally