Feathers and Flowers

      Fun fact of the day: When the  Appalachian Mountains first formed 2 billion years ago, they were about 50,000 feet tall. Today, the t...

  We had a good day yesterday, despite the almost constant rain. After a slow Sunday breakfast, we went to the  Johnson Museum of Art  on th...

  It was a thrill for me, finally visiting the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I've enjoyed their publications, admired their work and used ...

  It is a long way from Seattle to Ithaca, NY. Our flight was a nail-biter yesterday. Up at 3 am, and everything looked great until we got o...

  "He who wants to travel happily must travel light." Antoine de Saint Frankly, neither of us are real good at that. We're ...

  Please stop growing up so fast... In other news this morning, there isn't much that compares to Hurricane Milton. Rachel (John's s...