Happy Poetry Friday! I haven't participated all that much this year, but I'm on break from school, so I thought I'd jump in toda...

Book #69 of the year was  The Lincoln Highway , by Amor Towles. While I didn't love this as much as  Towles' book A Gentleman in Mo...

When I signed up to host Poetry Friday back in June, I wasn't even sure what country I'd be living in by November. But I knew that T...

Book #59 of the year was a re-read, In This House of Brede , by Rumer Godden. You can see what I wrote the last time I read it here . Book ...

Hello, friends! I'm popping in to link you to my Birdtober poems. I was pretty proud of myself that I managed to post all thirty-one day...

  In this post you can find links to all my Birdtober content from 2022, all 31 days of it! 1: Rooster 2:  Campo Flicker 3: Macaroni Penguin...

  Photo Source: eBird.com Rafters of old barns Inside of a hollow tree Owls stay warm and dry ©Ruth Bowen Hersey   Here's a site with l...

  Photo Source: eBird.com   There's so much fascinating information about this bird at  this link , much more than I could fit in my poe...

    Photo Source: TripAdvisor.com, Mamamba Swamp Shoebill Bird Watching Last year, the Birdtober prompts allowed for an Artist's Choice ...

  Photo Source: eBird.com I learned that the sophiae in this bird's scientific name could come from the wife of the Russian ornithologis...

 Photo Source: eBird.com Pictured is the African Golden Oriole, which I haven't seen ... or have I? Flummoxed by Weavers, I find myself ...

  Photo Source: eBird.com There are several species of mynas; the word is a Sanskrit one. I chose the Great Myna to illustrate here, but my ...

Source: https://www.audubon-prints.com/product/yellow-crowned-night-heron/ In January I birded with my son in Florida, and two times we saw ...

  Photo Source: eBird.com EBird lists fourteen species of bullfinches, but I chose this one because I saw it in Haiti. It wasn't a regul...

  Photo Source: eBird.com From crow family But spiffier than most; dressed By haberdasher.   ©Ruth Bowen Hersey

  Photo Source: eBird.com There are nine species of lovebirds on eBird. I chose this one, the Red-headed Lovebird, because it lives where I ...

  Photo Source: eBird.com I am posting late today; Friday is almost over where I am. We have the week off work and rather than posting about...

 Photo Source: eBird.com I've tried to see the Cerulean Warbler in the US, and have never been successful yet. I wonder if I ever will. ...

   Photo Source: eBird.com   There are five species of Black-Cockatoo, all Australian birds. The one in the picture is a Red-tailed Black-Co...

  Photo Source: eBird.com   Flying through darkness, Snow Buntings, drawn like magnets, Seek tundra, seek home.   ©Ruth Bowen Hersey