Snow-Fall

I hope this isn't a foreshadowing of the type of winter we're going to get!

In my lifetime I can't remember ever getting this much snow in NYC in October!

"...Climate change?! How do you do...?"

"Charmed I'm sure!"

GuestPeek: Royal Rest Stop

Each fall, millions of Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada and the U.S, down to central Mexico.

My friend Susan snapped these images last weekend down in Cape May, NJ which happens to be one of the places they stop to rest and refuel, during this amazing 2000 mile journey.


However, human activity (e.g. pesticide use) and encroachment and destruction of their habitat and breeding sites (e.g illegal logging at monarch reserves) pose threats to their survival. You can read more about some of the research being undertaken regarding this annual migration via the Monarch Monitoring Project at BirdCapeMay.Org.

 
Thanks again Susan!

Sisotowbell Lane. . .

". . .Noah is fixing a pump in the rain..." 

This solar water fountain was on display at last week's New New York DIY Block Party.





Unfortunately for the fountain, the sun only made the briefest of appearances and then we got rained out. :-(

Sisotowbell Lane - from Joni Mitchell's 1968 debut album, Song to a Seagull.

Green on Green House