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Feb 21, 2016
2 min

Trilling red-wings & hilarity of geese: Ramble with the Lady

So a pair of geese floated on the nearly completely open north old clay pit this morning. I am pretty sure they are the pair that nests o...

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Geese on ice & Stray Casts: Ramble with the Lady

Dale Bowman

Feb 7, 2016
2 min

Geese on ice & Stray Casts: Ramble with the Lady

Changes come, inevitably. Changes always come with a push-pull: a push to reach the new, a pull back to the famiiar. Thought of that this...

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Really counting geese: Ramble with the Lady

Dale Bowman

Nov 25, 2015
2 min

Really counting geese: Ramble with the Lady

Quick, how many geese would you guess in the photo? Over the years, I think that I have become fairly good at estimating bird or animal n...

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Contrasting styles, the edge: Ramble with the Lady

Dale Bowman

Oct 16, 2015
3 min

Contrasting styles, the edge: Ramble with the Lady

The pre-dawn stripped red and rainbow colors across the sky as Lady and I rambled on down the alley behind the bus barn, adding hints of ...

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Cubs Butt Bucket & numbers: Ramble with the Lady

Dale Bowman

Jun 11, 2015
2 min

Cubs Butt Bucket & numbers: Ramble with the Lady

OK, I was wrong the other day. Both of the Butt Buckets outside of the town's corner tavern were not themed for the Chicago Bears. No, on...

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Lucky 7's on geese: Ramble with the Lady

Dale Bowman

Jun 3, 2015
2 min

Lucky 7's on geese: Ramble with the Lady

Barefoot and wading through the squishy mud of our neighbor's stream looking for bullfrogs with my younger brother is one of my favorite ...

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Dale Bowman

Mar 31, 2015
2 min

Nesting goose, killdeer & time: Ramble with the Lady

With the daily routine of the morning ramble, I learn the natural rhythms in my piece of God's good earth. Everything has its place in ti...

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Dale Bowman

Mar 14, 2015
2 min

Ramble with the Lady: Woodcock, mating rites, wall of avian sound & Wall of Sound

A wall of avian sound--cooing of mourning doves in all idrections, robins from trees and lawns, blackbirds and grackles in trees and flig...

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Ramble with the Lady: Antics of geese, The Noble Savage & really warm ice

Dale Bowman

Mar 10, 2015
2 min

Ramble with the Lady: Antics of geese, The Noble Savage & really warm ice

As the Canada goose cupped to land on the ice of the north old clay pit, I could not help but watch it land and skid. One of the things t...

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