The Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is one of the largest diving ducks. It is most often found on large, deep bodies of water. This species is not something that you would expect to find at the dam in Thomas, WV. There was very little open water present. this Canvasback was right at the dam. You never know what you may find, if you pay attention to your surroundings.
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Vintage Thursday: Auction Time(0)My car can hold a lot of stuff! In the hatch: 4 foot round oak table with drop leaves, an oak occasional table with the coolest little porcelain casters, and a solid marble table top about 2×3 feet. Some other odds and ends were tucked in arou… |
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simple supper-deep dish skillet pizza(0)Last night manthing wanted pizza or pancakes for dinner. After some internet bantering it was decided that pizza was going to be it. Since I was not going to fire up the oven for a single pizza and my regular cookie sheet was dirty, I had t… |
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tobacco time…(0)After getting the majority of the gardens in for the summer, it came time to begin planting the tobacco down in the holler. We loaded up Azulita with plants, the tiny tiller, wood ash, fertilizer and chainsaw then headed down the hill f… |
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Spring Trophy(0)I had a couple of hours to spend in the spring gobbler woods, this morning. The whip-poor-wills were very enthusiastic; as I was leaving the truck. The turkeys were silent. I was walking up a small ridge, shortly after daylight and a ruffed grouse flus… |
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Going Across the Mountains: Day 2(0)From my journal, May 12, 2012: It is 6:00 am in Hinton, WV. Birds have been singing for an hour, welcoming a day that has not yet dawned. A train whistle sounds somewhere downriver. Fog blankets the town, hiding the sheltering mountains that s… |
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