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I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 53 years, two years after we met at college. I taught in both middle and high schools as I really love teens and in-betweens. I was also a certified Lamaze instructor, and for a short time a volunteer chaplain at Howard County General Hospital. I am a two-time cancer survivor, ovarian (2003), and breast (2019) I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs with great parents, in a bilingual household. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, the Orioles, and sometimes the Ravens. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy (Kath), and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader, cook, photographer, lover of languages, music, and four-footed furries.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Stags, An Owl, and My DVR

We live in a typically suburban area -- between Baltimore and Washington, so when I spot wildlife in our backyard, one can understand why I go balistic.  We've had fox, the ubiquitous rabbits, a coyote or two, a huge snapping turtle (Who laid her eggs in my 'turtle garden"!!)  and lately have been visited by two barred owls and a stag herd!  The photos of the owls are not great, but they were moving fast and it was dusk.





I've noticed that our night time temperatures are beginning to fall and the crickets are soon to outnumber the cicadas.  Even so, we still have more butterflies than I EVER seen visiting our garden  and since the weather has cooled a bit, a few hummingbirds.  Wish you could all enjoy the show!