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Squirrels in Winter

Posted on December 21, 2013 by annetbell

Winter skeleton trees straining for the kiss of the sun. If you look very closely, you will see some nests high in the branches. I have to confess that it has not been very long ago that I noticed the … Continue reading →

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Wise Geese

Posted on October 28, 2013 by annetbell

One of my favorite signals of the change of seasons in New York, is hearing the Canadian Geese honking as the fly overhead, south in the autumn and north in the spring. I stretch my neck like  a  goose to … Continue reading →

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Response to Rescue Dogs Post

Posted on September 22, 2013 by annetbell

Rescue Dogs weronika, pronounced …46m  http://www.weronska.wordpress.com /  Following Weronika, wrote me a lovely comment to my post several days ago about Rescue Dogs. I thought you might enjoy her thoughts. https://talesalongtheway.com/2013/09/17/rescue-dogs/ what strikes me also is that as many first responders are … Continue reading →

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Deli Or Dehli?

Posted on September 5, 2013 by annetbell

Of course it is Delhi…we are discussing India!  Our group, all architects except me,  anticipated visiting the capital city and after several days of touring , we  were near. The first indication was these GIANT apartment buildings as we approached … Continue reading →

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Breakfast at the Track

Posted on July 29, 2013 by annetbell

The track at Saratoga was first opened for horse racing in 1863.  To put that in perspective, it was two years into the Civil War.  There were no battles of that war in this area. Every summer for six weeks, … Continue reading →

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Dogs and Rabbits Behaving Strangely

Posted on July 16, 2013 by annetbell

Picture by Ambika Sambasivan, Yali Books, 2013 If you look closely at these pictures,  you see a most astonishing scene. . . .a rabbit chasing a dog. This is what Sultan Ahmed Shah saw while he was resting on the … Continue reading →

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Wire Madness

Posted on June 17, 2013 by annetbell

This is almost is an unbelievable topic, but trust me, it is real!  But these pictures are not Amanabad in Gujarat where this situation is much better.  In our four months there , we had a flickering and off of … Continue reading →

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Tiny Indian Squirrel

Posted on May 16, 2013 by annetbell

Though it looks like our chipmunk, this is a  squirrel found only in parts of  India.  We noticed them scooting up the trees and across the lane where we lived in Ahmedabad.  The  first significant encounter I had with this  tiny animal … Continue reading →

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Feral Dogs

Posted on February 12, 2013 by annetbell

  They come in various colors, white, a ginger  brown, black, and  mixtures of the three. A few have long coats and all have pointed  snouts. And they are not pets, or so we thought. The dogs live in the street scrounging … Continue reading →

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