Tag Archives: Nature

Bee’s

Posted on October 23, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

A couple of years ago I turned a little area of my yard into a bird, bee, butterfly, and bug paradise. My motivation was twofold, one, I like birds, bees, butterfly’s, and bugs and two, it was less yard I … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about the weather

Posted on October 4, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” – Charles Dudley Warner (stolen by Mark Twain) It’s October the 4th, and where I live, in northern South Carolina, it is 97 degrees right now. Somehow I feel like that’s … Continue reading →

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An old tree

Posted on July 17, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

I have been thinking a lot about trees lately. In our backyard we have a massive old oak, probably 60 to 70 years old. It dominates our yard with a wide canopy casting shade, towering over all of the other … Continue reading →

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The death of a young bird

Posted on June 7, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

We had just finished eating dinner. The dishes were clean, the kitchen was straightened up and now my wife could settle down on the sofa and catch-up on all the celebrity news on E! Entertainment. I put the dogs up and … Continue reading →

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Local knowledge

Posted on April 30, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

The hike up to John Rock in Pisgah National Forest is a favorite of mine. It’s a five-mile loop with an elevation gain of 1000 feet and the payoff is the picture you see above. “The choices we make lead up to … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump would like to wish everyone a “Happy Earth Day!”

Posted on April 23, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“The environment is not merely the place where we live and act, for the biosphere is the ground from which and within which we arise. The earth is not only our home, it is our mother.” – David Loy Headlines … Continue reading →

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Field of Weeds

Posted on April 13, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass.” – Wendell Berry There is still a little nip in the air but Spring has sprung in my part of … Continue reading →

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I hear you knocking

Posted on February 20, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

Back in May of 2016 I told y’all the story a female Cardinal that comes to our home in late January and proceeds to fly into our den window, beating her little bird head against the window pane everyday, all day long through … Continue reading →

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Craft: Nesting balls

Posted on February 19, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

I enjoy making stuff, from chairs, tables, and bookcases to something as simple as the nesting ball above. Now you might be asking yourself what the heck is a nesting ball? Well as the name implies, it is a ball … Continue reading →

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Here today, gone tommorow

Posted on January 2, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS … Continue reading →

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