2019-09-17 14:47
The beginning of this week's Farm Side is about apples. It is after all, time to pick and eat NY finest fruit delight...and this is where we bought some Honeycrisp yesterday. I am going to h… Read More
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2019-09-17 10:12
Happy Birthday, Mama....much love and admiration from all of us at Northview.....Hope you have a wonderful day and all your kids call you and may visit too Read More
2019-09-15 15:30
Autumn paints the spider webs, turning each night's effort bright silver and pinpointing the hunting grounds of every tiny creature. Lazy loops dangle from half-way up the ta… Read More
2019-09-11 18:48
Of course it could have been a mining disaster, but I don't think so. How horrible for this poor family Read More
2019-09-09 10:53
I love these people. Just love them. I hope they have somewhere in the neighborhood of a bazillion more happy years together.I made them a wedding blog last year Read More
2019-09-04 13:04
With our son and my brother and his son working in the construction industry...coast to coast and in Canada too.... I find myself most interested in how stuff gets built and repaired. O… Read More
2019-09-02 22:52
This guy was nomming something extremely dead...so dead that it was stiff and dryHowever, he really wanted it and didn't fly until we got closer as we had to go down the road he was onHe fle… Read More
2019-09-01 14:54
To my dear mother and father. Congratulations on 68 years together and on all the adventures you have had. Also kudos for the amazing kids you raised not to mention your spect… Read More
2019-08-30 15:57
Last week a mid-sized hawk blew into this exact cottonwood tree hollering like mad, then flew before I could get a decent look. This morning it was like deja vu all over again, except t… Read More
2019-08-28 09:52
I shamelessly stole this from Liz's Facebook pagePhoto credit is hersYou get the local paper and read the Farm Side this Friday, the photo above is what kicked it off for me. I had been stru… Read More
2019-08-27 16:39
We have experienced some new to us highway repair technology here on 5S the past couple of weeks. It is pretty cool.Or, er, actually really hot.Seems they melt the existing, but cracked and… Read More
2019-08-24 20:06
It's not just ghosts. It's cool, foggy mornings as the sun comes up...each day a little farther south on the eastern horizon behind the hedgerow with the neighbors.It's the first tomatoes ri… Read More
2019-08-24 19:40
Hmmmm....smells like water, but I am just not sure...Oooh, it IS water!Be careful now, junior.....Come to frolic on the long lawn and drink from the bird bath Read More
2019-08-22 20:55
A very tame Green Heron peeking at me between some blades of grass,which certainly did not enhance the photos.We think mebbe we saw an immature Saw-Whet Owl last night. We were out on a litt… Read More
2019-08-21 20:34
I was doing a survey for a power company panel to which I belong. It's an interesting endeavor and I'm glad I joined.Suddenly the cell phone beside me screamed with a tornado warning.We take… Read More
2019-08-21 10:38
How I looked when it hitWoke up too early thinking something was wrong with my eyes. They were closed but bright white lights were flashing. Opened them and oh my word, continuous cloud-to-c… Read More
2019-08-17 21:20
There is this pond we visit up in the western part of the county. It has never let me down a single time for interesting birds, although I haven't seen a new species in county since June.Tod… Read More
2019-08-15 19:09
AcrobaticRose-breasted Grosbeak Read More
2019-08-13 13:39
Tis the season of hot, nasty humid days, followed by nights of heavy fog and mornings of misty scarves shrouding the river. It is a love hate thing with me. It isn't winter and that is a ble… Read More
2019-08-12 13:05
2019-08-07 19:24
What are these plants?Thanks in advance. I have a pretty good idea on a couple, but none on others. Thanks again Read More
2019-08-03 17:12
Angry birdReally ticked off immature male CommonYellowthroatWhat with everyone... three separate jobs for folks to get to, plus us and our peregrinations...using one car, not much birding wa… Read More
2019-08-02 12:01
After we dropped Jade back at home, we headed out for a little birding trip that we had just been starting when he asked for a ride.We hit the Crossing where we saw a lovely pageant of kayak… Read More
2019-08-02 10:53
It was one of those nights when everything was wonderfully weird.Jade needed us to pick him up in the next county as he was dropping off his truck for some repairs. We did so, but decided to… Read More
2019-08-01 15:30
Broad-winged HawkThat is the edge of a deep, deep waterfallUpstreamSorry about the infrequency of posts these days. Busy time of year Read More
2019-07-29 18:46
The state road was blocked by a line of protesters the other day when we were heading up to Fort Plain. I couldn't believe my eyes, thinking closing roads and stopping traffic was prett… Read More
2019-07-24 15:43
Female BobolinkEach year many Bobolinks nest in our fields, mostly in the 30-acre Lot. Alas, this is often one of our earliest fields for harvest, which makes for a perilous situation for th… Read More
2019-07-23 13:49
2019-07-22 09:51
I wrote from camp the other day of the micro burst that took out a couple of our Blue Spruce trees along the driveway. Turns out that a lot more than a couple were laid completely… Read More
2019-07-20 17:00
Red-throated Loon, Pecks Lake NYWe enjoyed the company of at least four Common Loons all week at camp. They were tame enough to come right up to the porch of the cabin...which sits out over… Read More
2019-07-19 10:49
Fishing off the porch early AM. Heard a muffled "gronk" call from just west....a Great Blue Heron had stopped by to preen and fluff wet morning feathers. Then a Commo… Read More
2019-07-18 11:48
After yesterday's storms a short east wind is winding up a vigorous chop. It is almost getcher hoodie chilly but not quite. … Read More
2019-07-17 15:50
Rain on th lake like dimpled grey denim. Fish were biting good for two days...not so much now. Baby birds everywhere Read More
2019-07-13 10:02
Nuff said Read More
2019-07-12 17:03
The old town seal, which still works just fine.As long as you are as strong as the TerminatorFYI the state huntin' and fishin' license system is down today. As I mostly fish at camp, which f… Read More
2019-07-11 16:14
Not our corn, but isn't it purdy?The day started before five yesterday and the last of the hay was barely unloaded before 10 PM. However, it was a very good day in that after all the awful w… Read More
2019-07-10 17:30
After endless rain the dry is downright welcome. Things are simmering right along, summer style....goldfish in the garden pond, laundry on the line, day lilies coming in golden, co… Read More
2019-07-09 16:41
I was snatched away in a pickup truck last Wednesday afternoon and taken far from home.My captors tortured me all week. At night I was imprisoned in an air conditioned room...they bough… Read More
2019-06-30 16:16
Indigo BuntingViper's Bugloss.......I thinkVetchesEverlasting Pea? Showed up for the first timeever on the side of the barn driveway. Weird but prettyBug Porn...Six-spotted Tiger BeetleBrown… Read More
2019-06-30 14:43
I always loved harness racing and much admired Billy Haughton, one of the greatest drivers and trainers of all time.He was born in the same town as I was and worked down here in Fonda and Fu… Read More
2019-06-29 10:28
Guess that is as close.....We were just offered an opportunity to not only possibly win Moose Quest, but also to document said success...not to mention get to visit and enjoy one of our dear… Read More
2019-06-28 10:50
The Northview singers at O-dark-thirty-ish this morning. Excuse the shaky video Read More
2019-06-28 09:35
Remember a few days ago when the boss and I found a bale board over on Route 20 in Schoharie County?Imagine my delight the other night when the artist and author of our bale called… Read More
2019-06-26 17:34
Brown ThrasherLast summer the boss bought a back blade for the tractor. The latter has been in the shop for a bit getting some hydraulic issues fixed up, but now it is home and the implement… Read More
2019-06-24 16:53
2019-06-24 13:05
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2019-06-19 10:10
A not so subtle editorial commentMany years ago a Farm Side column featured the farmer Olympics, with events like walking safely to the food bowl with a bucket of milk for the cats, while th… Read More
2019-06-18 23:05
Common Yellowthroat... one of my favorite warblers.Such bold and busy little birdsI went on one last Saturday. It was put on by the Hudson Mohawk Bird Club and led by David Harrison. The bir… Read More
2019-06-18 12:22
We found one! The message is not exactly the same as the 97% fat free milk one, but this is great!It's over at McFadden's on Route 20 in Schoharie County btw Read More
2019-06-17 15:09
Paragraph of this Friday's Farm Side...."A bully moon in full regalia gave me the third degree the other night. Not a truncheon in sight, but she shined her blinding spotlight right into my… Read More
2019-06-09 15:19
Cottonwood stars surround the moonI've searched in vain for a dust mop of a sort that I like for quite some time now. They do not make them liked they used to....literally.I had one that I l… Read More
2019-06-08 16:23
Coeymans Marine TowingOle McDonald's Honey FarmAmish hay tedder heading to the field to fluff some hayWhen YouTube finally gets around to processing the video you will be able to see how thi… Read More
2019-06-07 20:01
Cool stuff just seems to happen all unplanned. First we "got" a White-winged Scoter down on the river. Pretty uncommon bird this time of year.Then the weather decided to turn perfect...at le… Read More
2019-06-05 19:32
Yesterday Peggy, her mama, and I went walking out over the hills. There was plenty to learn. Our wee guide showed us deer tracks, with much discussion over whether they were fresh or o… Read More
2019-05-28 12:41
2019-05-28 12:14
The kids took me to Adirondack Animal Land yesterday as official photographer and designated grandma for Peggy. The boss and Becky followed as soon as she got off work.It's a nice place, rem… Read More
2019-05-26 09:00
Is never easy....just ask me, I've been there.Anyhow, I would like to wish our oldest, the cow whisperer, she who is happiest in the barn, mother of our little Peggy, and general great perso… Read More
2019-05-25 17:33
They opened some of the Mohawk River locks the other day and the boats surged up the river like spawning salmon.We were birding Yankee Hill Lock when convoys began to pass us, some of t… Read More
2019-05-24 22:44
The changelingOne of the many delights of living with a granddaughter who goes to preschool is remembering the many Mother's Day marigolds that have come home over the years. Earnest young h… Read More
2019-05-22 21:24
There were seven Cedar Waxwings in the old Winesap apple tree this morning. They seemed to be enjoying the blossoms, which need a good thinning anyhow.This pair was snipping off petals and p… Read More
2019-05-22 19:56
Liz found twin fawns this morning, right next to Sunny's yard, in the exact area where the two old cows, Bama and Moon, hang out at night, right up close to the buildings.Why you might… Read More
2019-05-20 14:51
Just what you need landing on your roof or in your fieldWe all know that the search engine the name of which begins with G is biased at best and full of falsehoods and bad information as wel… Read More
2019-05-17 17:15
Never did get a front view of this Wood Thrush, but this isthe first photo I have ever gotten of one at allso I guess I am happyYellow Warbler, poutingCould AB be the one of ABCD goldfish fa… Read More
2019-05-14 21:13
Might bring a rainbow. We have had at least 8 different Baltimore Orioles at the feeders, eating suet and oranges, as well as Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, N. Cardinals, Pine Siskins and tons of… Read More
2019-05-13 16:55
The vultures are already gathering......I just hung up on a potential hay customer. Rudely. Color me not much of a businesswoman. After several minutes of lectures about how we hav… Read More
2019-05-10 15:29
2019-05-10 11:13
Goose on the roof of a house we often passGoose (s) on a siloGoose on the aqueductGoose LoveAnd all manner of other places... (HT to my friend Rev. Paul, whose blog address is Moose in the Y… Read More
2019-05-07 18:59
With just a little help from grandma on the tens Read More
2019-05-04 09:32
Easy to see why Merlins are considered "cute".Is today. It's a day when folks all over the world go out to see how many species of birds they can find. I was thinking that migrati… Read More
2019-05-02 15:16
This stump full of swallows greeted us when we arrived at the boat launch this morning. I have never seen anything like it. Mostly Tree Swallows, but a bunch of Cliff Swallows, at least one… Read More
2019-04-29 20:35
Pine Siskins with American GoldfinchHooded MerganserNorthern Rough-winged SwallowYellow-rumped WarblerEuropean StarlingBlack-capped ChickadeeKilldeerThe birds we've been seeing....Greater Ye… Read More
2019-04-29 20:16
Of the Outer Banks Read More
2019-04-25 20:37
and presumed...sick.....really, really sick. When you live with a preschooler they bring stuff home....all kinds of cute crafts, skinned knees and elbows, an amazing store of excit… Read More
2019-04-22 11:57
The other day I chanced to overhear a conversation from the living room. The boss was regaling Jade with tales his mother told him of the logging camps up around Boonville when she was a you… Read More
2019-04-21 10:57
2019-04-19 21:01
At Beardsley ReservoirJust a bad bird shot that turned out kinda coolAnother without the cormorant Read More
2019-04-18 15:45
Who loves having his picture taken?Not this guy.You can see why I always sneak up from behindWhere we encountered the ghost...Becky and Iheard footsteps right behind us as we walked dow… Read More
2019-04-15 16:20
I hope you have time to watch these videos.....they take me right back to OBX Read More
2019-04-12 14:14
No, not the one that begins with S. The one we routinely call her and her colleague from Samsung that resides inside my old S-4 when they take us places we don't want to visit....like Middle… Read More
2019-04-11 10:39
He insisted on doing this over our misgivingsFinished the beaches part yesterday with a heavy heart. Alan said we would fall in love with the Outer Banks and I sure did. Hated to leave, as p… Read More
2019-04-08 22:28
We made it to the Outer Banks today after a pretty rough trip. It is everything the kids told us and more. As I sit here in our hotel room, which is very pleasant, a Laughing Gull is calling… Read More
2019-04-01 11:27
Here today. This morning Jade will be having his second major surgery since his nightmare started on New Years Eve.Please hold him in your thoughts and prayers. Liz and Peggy too… Read More
2019-03-31 10:29
KilldeerA glowing melon rind of moon was shining through the dark, bare trees just above the eastern horizon. It was as orange as a cantaloupe and as unexpected as a snowflake in July. Some… Read More
2019-03-30 11:16
Is a TAX. People will buy the replacement paper bags for speed and convenience and state government will get most of the money thus generated, to spend on more of their endless folly an… Read More
2019-03-29 11:18
The other day we went over to MacFadden's to take a look at the stuff in tomorrow's sale.Or at least that's why the boss went. I went birding. The yard is surrounded by mixed woods and… Read More
2019-03-26 10:52
We had no car yesterday, as it was in the shop for a check up, so we couldn't go down to the river to look for ducks.However, when we got it home last evening we took Becky owling in some of… Read More
2019-03-23 11:13
Duck Soup, Redheads, Lesser Scaup, and Ring-necked DucksSo we found a banded goose the other day, right in front of McDonald's down in town. This one was a younger male, only seven years old… Read More
2019-03-22 14:26
2019-03-22 11:14
I have a lot of photos of Redheads, but somehow I can't resist....We found another neck band tagged Canada Goose yesterday, this time down on the Mohawk . It was pouring rain and n… Read More
2019-03-20 18:33
Sheep that is. And sometimes not. Some ewes take wonderful care of their babies, guard them, clean and feed them, and love on them like nobody's business.Some are just plain horrible.Yesterd… Read More
2019-03-20 11:06
FORTY-EIGHT of these in about two miles of road. Driving wasnot boring Read More
2019-03-20 10:37
Turns out that goose number Y5Y1 was middle aged for his species, Canada Goose, and hatched in Varennes, Quebec, which is near Montreal. He was banded in 2007 on July 6th while sti… Read More
2019-03-18 18:40
Sharp-shinned HawkI guess I'm kind of a competitive birder. It's fun to treasure hunt. Birds are treasures that are right there for anyone who is interested in seeing...and counting… Read More
2019-03-17 10:04
Obviously orange, right?Over the past few years we have been fortunate enough to find several Canada Geese wearing neck bands. The bands are used to keep track of the birds' travels and it i… Read More
2019-03-14 21:42
Carolina Wren AKA Cinnamon Toast BirdThe wind blew from the south the past couple of days, and oh, the birds it blew in. Migration has been a solid two to three weeks late, but the birds are… Read More
2019-03-12 13:51
Our path to recovery from flu has been a lot like these buggy tracks. Slow, and winding. Tortuous even.Some day I will not need a steady diet of cough drops to get through the day and heavy… Read More
2019-03-07 12:34
January day.....We've been through more firewood this winter than EVER before. Just ordered another load yesterday and will be glad to have it.It is minus one degree right now and &hell…Read More
2019-03-05 11:59
The Farm Side is usually behind the paper's pay wall, so if you want to read it you have to.....well.....pay....Last week it was shared on Facebook for free, so I guess it will be okay if I… Read More
2019-03-04 19:49
Rough-legged Hawks in one day's birding, all in our home county.Forty White-tailed Deer nibbling corn in an Amish fieldFour young girls walking in the road (with escort).One pretty litt… Read More
2019-03-01 16:24
We didn't see any owls but Read More
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