A Song Sparrow defends his Territory!

 For the past week I have seen our resident Song sparrow hopping around on the passenger side mirror of my car, which is perhaps thirty five feet away from his yearly home in a rhododendron on the hillside. He is too fast for me to photograph, but I did find evidence of his visit. Thinking there was an interloper on his undisputed territory, he marked his ground with his droppings all over the mirror. The interloper has not been deterred, since the sparrow is fighting with his mirror image-

I might be upset too, if a someone pitched a tent in my front yard so they could raise their family there. How much we have in common with our non human neighbors.

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My new site is Song of the Hermit Thrush- A Garden in New Hampshire

Gardening on Granite- A Blog on Wordpress

 It has been 3 1/2 years since I left Nashville and returned to New Hampshire, the state of my youth. My blog now is "Gardening on Granite", and though it is mostly about gardening ,I plan to expand into posting during the cold months. There is much history here to talk about .Many places to visit. And of course we cook.

I have a lengthy post from 2021 about the Heritage Gardens in Sandwich, Massachusetts. This botanical garden has trial gardens for all forms of hardy hydrangeas, and there are many photos.

In the past year I have also become the gardener at a National Historic Site in Goffstown, New Hampshire. This is the old J. M. Parker General Store which now houses the Goffstown Historical Society. There are many posts and photos of the garden.

I invite anyone who might be interested to visit my new blog!

To the reader who contacted me about Jimmy Gallager's Band-

You should contact the department of Tennessee state parks and talk to them. They put up the kiosk at the entrance to the Harpeth River park off McCrory Lane in Pegram that mentions the band. I did some looking around on the Internet when I wrote this. I think Gallagher had some Vanderbilt connection as well, and had a hand in writing the Vanderbilt Commodores fight song. if memory serves.  I hope this helps!

A Word to Readers

This blog, though still on this site, now comes from the Merrimack Valley of New Hampshire. In the future I may start a new blog, but for now it stays on site here.

Update as of September 22. My new blog is https://gardeningongranite.com

Natural Wood Sculptures-Great Hill, Nottingcook Forest, Bow, New Hampshire

As a plant hunter and all around Seeker, I look down when I walk, and when I poked around on Great Hill for the first time I saw several fanciful creations of time and wind and weather!

A Dinosaur foot!

A Sundial.

A Starfish-

Perhaps some forms are elemental and recurring. Even eons after extinction. In the desire of human kind to tell time. In the tidal flats of the sea-

Everyone Loves Fried Chicken!

The dog and I walked at Edwin Warner Park early yesterday morning. People had had a picnic at one of the covered sheds the day before.

Someone small left their shoes-

And in the trash bins, fried chicken still sent its aroma out over the park, and new picnickers appeared, some just there for the food, and others for a game of beach ball.

And some for private conversation-

This is the closest I have ever come to Black Vultures. They were not shy. And they have pearly white legs!