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  • Squirrels and Birds Report Their Missing Person

    Most mornings, when I take my first walk of the day, there is a person on this bench feeding the birds and squirrels.

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    When he takes a day off, the critters still show up and stop to ask everyone passing, "Where he is?"

    They seem to feel as this poet did.

    "Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated." Alphonse de Lamartine (French Poet 1790-1869)

    About Photo Tales & Quotes: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Photo Tales & Quotes is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2017 Penny Cherubino  

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  • Cardinals’ Songs: a Sweet Sound of Spring

    IMG_2646 - Version 22011-03-18-cardinal-male-boston-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    While the neighborhood cardinals have been around all winter, we seem to have noticed their sweet song more in the past couple of weeks. They sing and we stop, eyes turned to the tree tops and roof tops to try to spot that splash of red. 

    When we saw this blog post from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

    Round robin blog

    Why So Red, Mr. Cardinal? NestWatch Explains, we had to share. We learned so many new things about our neighbors the Northern Cardinals. 

    IMG_2655 - Version 22011-03-18-runners-boston-marathon-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We turn to Cornell's All about Birds site anytime we want to know more about any bird. Here's their entry on the Northen Cardinal complete with sound, photos, video, and what you can do to join in the research on this beautiful additon to our lives. 

    Don't miss a Bird photo opportunity. This Canon PowerShot G15 camera
    will give you what you need to take stills and video for your life list. Canon's G series is our all-time favorite for everyday cameras. We own the G10 and G11. They're a little bigger than the compacts most people use, but let you shoot with automatic settings or easy-to-use manual controls that please the many pros who use them as second cameras. And, if you're ready to turn pro, follow our lead. Ed shoots with the Nikon D7000 Digital SLR too. We also just added a Nikon D600
    to our camera fleet and are extremely happy with the performance it has delivered.

     

     

    Details:

    Writers: Penny & Ed Cherubino

    Photos: ©2013 Penny Cherubino with screenshot from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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  • Cardinals’ Songs: a Sweet Sound of Spring

    IMG_2646 - Version 22011-03-18-cardinal-male-boston-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    While the neighborhood cardinals have been around all winter, we seem to have noticed their sweet song more in the past couple of weeks. They sing and we stop, eyes turned to the tree tops and roof tops to try to spot that splash of red. 

    When we saw this blog post from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

    Round robin blog

    Why So Red, Mr. Cardinal? NestWatch Explains, we had to share. We learned so many new things about our neighbors the Northern Cardinals. 

    IMG_2655 - Version 22011-03-18-runners-boston-marathon-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We turn to Cornell's All about Birds site anytime we want to know more about any bird. Here's their entry on the Northen Cardinal complete with sound, photos, video, and what you can do to join in the research on this beautiful additon to our lives. 

    Don't miss a Bird photo opportunity. This Canon PowerShot G15 camera
    will give you what you need to take stills and video for your life list. Canon's G series is our all-time favorite for everyday cameras. We own the G10 and G11. They're a little bigger than the compacts most people use, but let you shoot with automatic settings or easy-to-use manual controls that please the many pros who use them as second cameras. And, if you're ready to turn pro, follow our lead. Ed shoots with the Nikon D7000 Digital SLR too. We also just added a Nikon D600
    to our camera fleet and are extremely happy with the performance it has delivered.

     

     

    Details:

    Writers: Penny & Ed Cherubino

    Photos: ©2013 Penny Cherubino with screenshot from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often those comments add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads out of comments.

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    The Healing Power of Color: Spectacular Spring Florals

  • Cardinals’ Songs: a Sweet Sound of Spring

    IMG_2646 - Version 22011-03-18-cardinal-male-boston-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    While the neighborhood cardinals have been around all winter, we seem to have noticed their sweet song more in the past couple of weeks. They sing and we stop, eyes turned to the tree tops and roof tops to try to spot that splash of red. 

    When we saw this blog post from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

    Round robin blog

    Why So Red, Mr. Cardinal? NestWatch Explains, we had to share. We learned so many new things about our neighbors the Northern Cardinals. 

    IMG_2655 - Version 22011-03-18-runners-boston-marathon-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We turn to Cornell's All about Birds site anytime we want to know more about any bird. Here's their entry on the Northen Cardinal complete with sound, photos, video, and what you can do to join in the research on this beautiful additon to our lives. 

    Don't miss a Bird photo opportunity. This Canon PowerShot G15 camera
    will give you what you need to take stills and video for your life list. Canon's G series is our all-time favorite for everyday cameras. We own the G10 and G11. They're a little bigger than the compacts most people use, but let you shoot with automatic settings or easy-to-use manual controls that please the many pros who use them as second cameras. And, if you're ready to turn pro, follow our lead. Ed shoots with the Nikon D7000 Digital SLR too. We also just added a Nikon D600
    to our camera fleet and are extremely happy with the performance it has delivered.

     

     

    Details:

    Writers: Penny & Ed Cherubino

    Photos: ©2013 Penny Cherubino with screenshot from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often those comments add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads out of comments.

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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.

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

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often those add a great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you.