Of Watching a Little One
Thoughts and photos of a Barred Owlet and its Parents There are some invitations you simply can't ignore. My husband and I had returned...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Apr 7
- 2 min
Of Gardens and Wildflowers
Quaker Lady Bluets | 04.04.23 I scattered some wildflower seeds in the yard a few weeks ago... handfuls of seeds from large bags labeled...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Oct 21, 2022
- 2 min
Brown-Headed Nuthatches | Roost Cleaning
There were five. [FIVE!] Five Brown-headed Nuthatches were flying in and out of the cavity in the dead Dogwood tree in our neighbor's...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Jul 8, 2022
- 3 min
Brown Thrashers |Sweet Moments Right Outside My Door
Originally I had the above photograph and the following three paragraphs for one of my Saturday emails called A Closer Look: I hadn't...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
Carolina Wrens | Shared Moments
I really couldn’t ignore them: the sounds of a Wren chirping in the early morning. Sometimes it was two Wrens. After a few days, and...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Mar 9, 2022
- 2 min
Of Stillness and Moments
It was the end of the first week of March and the weather was indecisive. Rain and the last of winter temperatures were in the forecast...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Amidst
When all the world went on lockdown and the USA joined them in mid-March 2020, something began to happen: people started noticing the...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
Sheepcote Farm - A Connected Heritage
Morning lit the rural road and created dew-glimmers in the fields as I approached Sheepcote Farm. Now, a mere 10 minutes later, that...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Jan 2, 2021
- 1 min
Reflections
A Canadian Goose had been here. Or, perhaps, a Mallard or the Great Egret who had stood there preening herself like a model cast from...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Water | Play of Light
The creek widened and then narrowed, then swirled its skirt out again as it made its way around a bend...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
Learning to Fly
In early May, I came upon two Barred Owlets in Briarlake Forest Park. It was a deep, beautiful, and unexpectedly shared experience. ...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Mar 30, 2020
- 1 min
Amidst.
When I pause I can see it: the first shoots breaking through the soil, drawn by the sun's rays and the pull of nature's rhythm. It is...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Aug 27, 2019
- 2 min
Familiar Path
This summer, the open road stretched out before me as I sat in the passenger seat and took in sights and deep conversations. I saw the...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
Red-Tailed Hawk | Held Moment
I'm not sure how I ignored the sound for so long. That squawking -- somewhere near our backyard, and loud enough to hear through the...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Dec 7, 2018
- 1 min
Of damp starkness and bright red
The brilliant red cardinal has been on those bare branches for much of today. I saw him several times from my own, warmer perch – I,...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Dec 6, 2018
- 2 min
Life Stages.
"What stage of life are you in?" I was asked this question today. While it seems like a basic question, it really only is on the surface....
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Oct 14, 2018
- 3 min
Nature's Balm
A friend called to tell me that a woman in a nearby neighborhood was tagging and releasing Monarch Butterflies in her garden that...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- May 11, 2018
- 2 min
Spring Walk
I needed to go back to the place from which I'd started...to take a closer look. Right around me. The April days had (literally) been...
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Susanne Swing Thompson
- Feb 18, 2018
- 2 min
Perched.
There is a lot to be said for just sitting and looking. Waiting. Not knowing what, if anything, will change, and finding the surprises in...
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