It all came to an end today, when the Autumn Equinox marked our passage into autumn. Equinox comes from Latin meaning "equal" ...

Hello World The other day I had a delightful encounter with a new PCV resident who was very inquisitive about squirrels. He had recentl...

"Never again war, adventure without return, spiral of struggle and violence, never this war in the Persian Gulf . . . threat to y...

Bernard Goetz Gets a Special Visit on Saturday Night       It was 8pm on  Saturday night. There was a knock at the door and ...

has to be Spunky...   Spunky's pregnant again!

  A soldier of Belarus and his squirrel I love the pictures of this adorable red squirrel.   "Daddy" is ...

WHAT!!? Somebody wants to eat me? There's a piece in the Post this week about this Brooklynite who says he likes to barbecue  squi...

On August 31 we have the second Full Moon of the month. Sooo, you know what that means -- the moon on the 31st is indeed a "Blue Moon...

  On the Ground  activists show how it's done! The Risk The Reward

As the beastly hot summer slouches towards Labor Day, a few fond reminiscences are in order.  Even though it was largely a disappointm...

  A friend's cute baby robin story.  There are some great shots. Enjoy!

I've been doing a lot of complaining recently about the disappointments of summer at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. But summ...

All's Fine at Cloud Nine. In fact everything's  ducky !

My Favorite Redhead What a wonderful day! I finally saw Lucy. Actually, we saw each other at about the same time. I was feeding the squi...

At midsummer, Peter Cooper Village looks like a nightmare.

More dirt and it's almost the middle of August. What's going on here?

Earlier today a friend called to tell me about a mushroom sighting at Peter Cooper Village. There's something large at the base of that ...

I've been spending time over in the ball court area, waiting for Brownie or Mother Red Tail to show up. Neither does. I need to face ...

Home Sweet Home The ducks are back on the Cloud Nine raft!

Another recent walk around the grounds  found more dirt .

Stuyvesant Town Here we are in smack in the middle of July and there's hardly a flower in sight. A walk around Stuvesant Town shows...

There were two of them out looking for food, but only one made himself available for pictures. He sure is cute! Here he is a f...

I received this wonderful big box in the mail the other day: And inside: The peanuts are of excellent quality, with n...

Waiting for Mother Red Tail There she is! Showing off her new svelte self: Looks like she's dropped her babies So tha...