Farming/Nature
Summer Glory
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Daisies and Daylilies
Farming/Nature
Take It Away
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The Markowski family farm at Ebb’s Corner put some old shade field netting out by the side of Mountain Road. This fellow said he had blueberry bushes to protect and filled the back of his pickup truck.
Farming/Nature
Cedar Waxwings Disregard Social Distancing
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As spring morphed into summer, I continued feeding the birds long past my usual time. Let’s face it, it had been an endless stretch on house arrest, and I was hanging on to the birds as a way to elevate my spirits.
Farming/Nature
Springtime Haying
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The tractor driver looks back to see that the spring hay crop in Elzear Roy’s field on Mountain Road is being properly baled. Earlier in the day, the crop had been raked into rows.
Farming/Nature
Horton and Forest Park Zoo
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Memorization and recitation were kind of a thing back in the day. I recall having committed The Gettysburg Address to memory and The Lion and Albert, among other things.
Farming/Nature
Tulips Brighten the Green
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In the first week of May, an explosion of tulips add a bright accent to the Suffield Academy campus.