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Having Fun or Not, Time Flies
WWQGD? What Would Quill Gordon Do? When the workday is through, and he has a choice, do you suppose he would choose A): or B): The correct answer, of course, is “B” but sometimes it is “C” which...
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Stubbornly Waiting for Drakes
A photo of a dirty bathroom floor sucked most of the funny from a recent post. The resulting flapdoodle and folderol was probably to be expected but it is interesting to note that the indignation...
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Five days remain in the season at Fish in a Barrel Pond. Just one more round of making beds and folding washcloths and soon it will be six months before I again wipe the Sunday whiskers from the sinks...
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Here We Go Again
An entire winter’s worth of snow slowly condensed into a thick layer of ice, sitting on lake ice that formed in December. With less than a week before Opening Day, there was nothing to be done about...
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Halfway Through the Season
I am willing to admit that, when a man uses “finger quotes” for the fifth time, explaining why the “rules” don’t apply to him, a quick left jab to the nose may not be the best response, even if it...
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#challengeonnaturephotography Day 3: Egg of Loon
The geese and mergansers of Fish in a Barrel Pond begin the season with dozens of goslings and ducklings. Those numbers dwindle quickly, though, as snapping turtles, otters and mink take their toll....
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#challengeonnaturephotography Day 4: Sometimes Both Eggs Hatch
Two eggs hatched in 2014. Both chicks survived, thrived and fledged, taking off in October for a few years at sea. The Vermont Center for Ecostudies has learned that loons return to places very close...
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Spreading Something Other Than Ugly
An inquiry regarding a mayfly photo last summer triggered a furious search, which is ongoing. The photo in question resides among some 10,000+ images I’ve taken over the past few years, which someone...
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