Animalia
Man vs Squirrel (Round 3)
The squirrel battle continues!
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Art
Matt Patterson - Studio Tour
New Ipswich artist Matt Patterson hosted an open studio tour on Saturday, Dec 1, 2018. Matt displayed his latest work, a painting of a Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), a critically endangered species from Madagascar. Matt explained that they are being driven to extinction by poachers. He may get the opportunity
Christmas
Look What I Saw at the Green Center
22 Shopping Days Till Christmas It was a busy Saturday at the Green Center. We continue to get donations of Christmas ornaments. We are overflowing with Christmas trinkets. Please take some away. The Center will be open from 9 - 12 on December 8th and 15th. The Green Center is
Social Network
Listen To Your Friends
I really need to listen more carefully to my friends. When I made the rash decision to change the name of the blog I received an email from my friend Callie with this bit of advice: "Winding Down is kind of like Old and in the Way; I'
Social Network
Winding Down
I have been posting photos and text for several years. When I started this blog in August of 2018 I chose the name "My Strange Life" as a homage the a line in the Grateful Dead song Truckin'. Sometimes the light's all shinin' on
Christmas
Christmas Eve at Fourth Street
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day have always been special holidays for me. In the early years (1950- 1980) the family would gather at my Grandmother's home on Fourth Street in Stamford Connecticut on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. My Grandmother was very religious and the meal on Christmas
New Ipswich Historical Society
New Photos for the Historical Society
New historical photos donated to the New Ipswich Historical Society
Squirrels
Man vs Squirrel (Round 2)
Happy Thanksgiving! I love this holiday. I have much to be thankful for including the technology that allows me to share random thoughts and photos via this blog. I am not very thankful for squirrels. I have defeated the grays with a caged feeder but it is invisible to the
Soup
Leftover Turkey
What to do with that leftover turkey
The Green Center
Look What I Saw at the Green Center
Happy Thanksgiving! It was a busy Saturday at the Green Center and folks were in a festive mood knowing that the holiday season is almost here. We have a huge inventory of Christmas items on display in Elaine's section. We will be open Dec 1st, 8th and 15th.
Birds
Man vs Squirrel
Man vs Squirrel (Man loses). There is no such thing as a "squirrel-proof" birdfeeder.
History
Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration
Phoenix Mill House open hearth cooking demonstration