Twenty Years in Missouri
Tag Archives: Birds
Postlude to Peacocks
September 8 – (see previous post for the first part of this story) Once the surviving bird had the world all to himself, he must have decided he could live anywhere he chose, since there wasn’t another peacock in the … Continue reading
Prelude to Peacocks
August 20 – As soon as some of the folks see what I am writing about, our peacocks, I hope you won’t say, How many more times is this woman going to write about those birds?” But I know for … Continue reading
A Missouri Nature Lesson
July 29 – On a recent evening we sat on the front porch for quite a while, watching a thunderstorm to our east and enjoying the constant flashes of lightning, and thunder. The lightning area reached for miles along the … Continue reading
A Working Visit from David
July 21 – When our son David, who lives in Shawnee, sent us an email to tell us that he would be coming out last Sunday to help us do some things that we had been able to do easily … Continue reading
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Peacock Memories
January 22 – As you no doubt have read about in previous blog entries, for several months last fall we had two peacocks living here in our yard, having come over from our next door neighbor’s place to enjoy our … Continue reading
A Bird in the House is Worth…
November 30 – This last Monday morning Chris opened the door into the garage that leads into the kitchen, and in flew a bird that must have been locked in the garage overnight. It flew right to the ceiling fan … Continue reading
Pears Following By a Mantis
November 14 – There are such things as coincidences that make me wonder sometimes how I am connected to all of the bits and pieces that happen to me in just one day! I am going to mention just two … Continue reading
Peacock Wrap (2 of 2)
October 10 – OK, time to finish up the Peacock Post from earlier this week… When I get up in the morning, the first thing I do is go out to the kitchen and check out the back door. Just … Continue reading
Peacock Wrap (1 of 2)
October 8 – Remember the words, “All quiet on the Western Front?” Well, when I looked out on the front porch recently and saw no evidence of anything other than Quiet, I was reminded of the statement above, taken from … Continue reading
Peacock Update
September 12 – Yes, the peacocks are still with us! And since the birds are finally staying closer to us, I decided I would try to talk more often to them when they were near us. My number one question … Continue reading
