The Hooded Merganser

The Hooded Merganser is very illusive so it is difficult to get an accurate count but it is believed that their population is on the rise.

This momma has babies but keeps them hidden and we haven't been able to get a good count. 

The prefer wooded ponds, sluggish rivers, lakes in summer and shallow saltwater bays.

I threw in these two ducks for yucks.

A mallard and a Khaki Campbell.

Pond Living.

The frog

a prince in waiting

Thomas Kincaid Chicken

 

Winter 2014 found our chickens hunkered down in their toasty warm coop.

 

Glad winter is over.

 

Now the tulips are in bloom!

Windgate Winery in Indiana County, Pa.

We drove seventy miles to Windgate Winery today. Windgate is located on an unpaved road tucked in the hills of Pennsylvania. It was a gathering of authors, approximately twenty five in attendance. It inspires a person to do such things and meet authors sharing their voice. Everyone we talked to offered suggestions and insights into the craft. The owner of the winery is a lovely and cordial lady. We have attended writer's conferences in the past but this experience offered the market end perspective and struggle. It is my hope that such venues become popular and duplicated. This was their fifth year and if they hold it again next year I will there! Had a ball, if you weren't there you lose.

Windgate Winery
1998 Hemlock Acres Road
Smicksburg, Pa. 16256


Has anyone seen Jim Fisher on facebook?

There will be new adventures posted, in the past Brave Knight lost his way but now he is on the path.

We met Joe F. Stierheim (author)

his blog and books can be viewed at joefstierheim.blogspot.com

we purchased a couple of his books and are finding them good reads,

'A Matter of Time' and 'Jeremy Willikins' Adventures in the Land of Little'

We post reviews on other authors and their works as we read them.

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