Jan 17, 2018 | birds & bears
Just this. XXOO 30 Days of Joy
Aug 9, 2017 | birds & bears
We were talking about birds fledging and my hope to someday catch the action as one or two or five jump from the nest the first time. What it must be like to be that young and tender, to summon that courage, then to (quite literally) launch your own body out into the...
Aug 3, 2017 | birds & bears
My beloved bluebirds nested three times this season, a record here on Bickley’s Pond. Still that is not the most surprising thing that happened around here this summer. This is. One precious teenager, whom we assume was born of the early...
Jun 11, 2017 | birds & bears
It was a pretty grand anniversary dinner, I won’t lie about that. But then there was a great deal to celebrate. Thirty-two years for them, fifteen for us, and our wedding days butting right up next to each other. That’s what brought us for this long...
May 24, 2017 | birds & bears
I spend a lot of time obsessing over the bluebirds that nest in a box in our back yard, something you know a bit about if you are a regular here at The Daily Grace. But this Spring I haven’t been around to keep as close an eye...
May 8, 2017 | birds & bears
MY SOUTH CAROLINA LIFE is centered around the sweet pond on which our house and back yard sit. Through the big kitchen window I have a bird’s eye view of all the goings-on, and to get close to the action I merely need step out the side...
