Grasshoppers and Kids
I’ve seen more grasshoppers this year than I have in years. Every time I walk through the yard it’s like…
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Did I Hear the First Katydids of the Season?
Katydid on window Every year I try to hear the first katydids of the season. I never accomplish it. One…
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Walking Doodle Bugs
Doodle Bug Hole Years ago, I had a seventh grader with big eyes whose class met after lunch. This boy always…
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Goat Mascot
Today’s guest post was written by Wayne Easter. In the 1960s photograph (made in my front yard) a sure sign…
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Break Dancing Deer
Today’s guest post was written by Randy Harris. My mother and father lived in a little hamlet in northwest Georgia…
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The Yellow Jackets are Back
About this time last year I shared a post with you discussing the lack of yellow jackets. Here’s a portion…
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Have You Been Hearing the Whippoorwills?
For the past few evenings we’ve been hearing a lone whippoorwill singing its heart out. Most years we hear a…
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Turkeys and Monkeys in Appalachia
With Turkey season just around the corner I was reminded of a story one of Paul’s friends told him. It…
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Pig Nests
“Dad caught a wild piglet many years ago that I raised. She had several liters of pigs through the years….
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Thankful November – The Southern Wildlife Watcher
A few months back my friend Rob Simbeck sent me a copy of his latest book “The Southern Wildlife Watcher:…
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The Track
Today’s guest post was written by J. Wayne Fears No one these days can appreciate an event that took place…
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The Sinner was a Swimmer
Today’s guest post was written by J. Wayne Fears. Not all the characters that frequented the remote mountain community of…
