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  • Close to Nature in the City

    DSC_6418 - Version 22012-06-29-bee-hydrengea-blue-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Living in the city seems to put me more in touch with nature, than I was when I lived in the suburbs.

    Here I see the bees at work on flowers inches from my side, like this busy buzzer collecting pollen from a beautiful hydrangea.

    When walking is your primary means of transportation, you can look around and enjoy the trees that shade you and celebrate the gardens that add color and fragrance to your day.

    What's on your walking shopping list? Shop Amazon's own Endless shoe store and support this site! It won't cost you anymore, but Amazon will put a few coins in our tip jar!

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    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Photography: © 2012 Ed Cherubino  

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  • Get Out and Count the Birds…

     Birds

    The 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is our Friday link. This weekend, they invite you to join the annual check of our feathered friends.

    A big thank you to The Garden Club of the Back Bay for bringing this, and so many other wonderful opportunities to have fun and learn something new, to our attention. (That makes this a double Friday Link!)

    The Great Backyard Bird Count says:

    "Warmer temperatures and lack of snow in parts of North America are setting the stage for what could be a most intriguing 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, coming up February 17-20."

    We Say:

    This is the perfect excuse to get outside and enjoy nature.

    If you enter your zip code, the site will prepare a checklist of the birds you might see in your area. That can be fun to have anytime and a great start on the peaceful pastime of birdwatching. We're saving our list and will continue looking all year to see how many birds we find by this time next year.

    What's on your outdoor shopping list? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

     


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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Illustration: courtesy of The Great Backyard Bird Count 

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