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Green By Chance: Turtles at My Dock

October 15, 2011 By Bob Chance 3 Comments

Green By Chance: Turtles at My Dock

Over the years, I have developed a small breeding colony of red-bellied cooters, red-eared sliders, and painted turtles in a skypond that drains the evergreen fields at my small farm in Berkley. Mulched uplands for egg laying and basking logs encourage the reptiles to remain here. With the help of friends, I installed a long, […]

Green By Chance: Letting Lakota Go

June 1, 2011 By Bob Chance 13 Comments

Green By Chance: Letting Lakota Go

I have been rehearsing this day for many months as my main mate yellow Labrador and I creaked our bones along river trails. Lakota was bred at my tree farm in October 1999 and I kept the largest, whitest, best feeder of the litter. Now his son, Snow Bear, has huge paws to fill. It […]

Green By Chance: Sweating Winter Flesh, Replanting America, and Dreaming about Who was Here First

March 26, 2011 By Bob Chance 9 Comments

It feels so good to get my hands consistently in the dirt again. A long windy, semi-white, pretty cold winter season is now on the shelf in my Franklin Planner. I’ve been transplanting firs and spruce for a month from my protected beds and out in the permanent field for eventual Christmas living rooms. Finally […]

American Serengeti: The Turkey Point Lollipop Cedars

February 19, 2011 By Bob Chance Leave a Comment

Take Route 272 off of Route 40, down Old Elk Neck Road to see the top of the Bay from ancient clay cliffs. Our state preserved this peninsula of laurel, rhododendron, oak, and sweetgum for us to appreciate the Chesapeake’s beginnings. Bordered by Elk River above and the Great Shellfish Bay below, this finger of […]

Stalking Hawks Along The Silent Susky

February 12, 2011 By Bob Chance 3 Comments

Except for the open quarter mile below Conowingo, the great river is quiet. We had a cold, really windy December followed by a true January grip. No thaw this year. Yet our total snow cover is not impressive. I took Snowbear and Kiwi to Peter’s Creek, up Route 222, smack in Amish nation. Watched a […]

Green By Chance: Distorted Conifers Abound As Winter Continues Its Natural Pruning

February 1, 2011 By Bob Chance Leave a Comment

Don’t try and remove the white burden from your Leyland Cypress, White Pine, or Eastern Red Cedars just yet. Another mixed precipitation will coat the existing winter weight shortly. I remember the permanent distortion on native cedars from an ice event three winters ago. The evergreens still show the rearranged branches on current walks. Interestingly, […]

The Last Stink Bug: Amusing Antics of an Unlikely Winter Companion

January 22, 2011 By Bob Chance 3 Comments

They were late to congregate in my old Conowingo Victorian, but when they did, they were multiplying with magnificence. Everybody was puzzled and overwhelmed, but I kinda just let them have their convention, like ladybugs, house flies, and other aphids had done over the decades. And then their appearance was relentless into late fall; in […]

Significant Spring Freshet Brings Bountiful Breeding Opportunities For Harford’s Amphibians

March 19, 2010 By Bob Chance Leave a Comment

In the background I can hear the moaning sirens of Conowingo, warning down-streamers of the arrival of a significant spring freshet. Seldom in my recall of vernal pool options, have the diverse breeding playgrounds been so varied in choices. The spotted salamanders left their subterranean tunnels to once again swirl in a mass of yellow […]

Sounding Off

  • “"Could Hunter Biden be the next poster child for Second Amendment rights?" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/hunter-biden-supreme-court-second-amendment-00099544 Picture this. Let's say Hunter Biden is…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “SC, A few things... the DNC is not permitting a primary vetting process. This will be the MOST laughable primary…”

    Urkidding | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “I just had an idea. Why don’t you consider changing your screen name from Bob to Milton Bradley. Might be…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Ken Paxton, Texas Republican Attorney General indicted by a Republican State assembly. The vote came after a months long House…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “and the Destruction of the United States continues under the rule of idiots and thieves....there is nothing in this legislation…”

    SoulCrusher | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Bruh... The (former) HEAT center is a terrible location for a "central" precinct on a county wide (unincorporated) Police Precinct.…”

    Mike Hunt | Harford County Executive Cassilly, Board of Education Announce Plan to Increase School Funding for FY24; Agree to Year-Round Collaboration on Budgeting

  • “"House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate" https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-house-votes-9375cce9b7526b2d0a5728f8d4a18a0a Bravo! -- Good sense finally wins…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “You never stop with games do you? Nice try. I suggest you take up pickle ball.”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, I'm not trying to play a 'gotcha game' with you. I just thought, if I knew a few of…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “I must have missed it. Could you tell me again the name of the person you feel would be the…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “1) I think there is prima facie evidence that Biden is clearly, as evidenced by his performance to date, is…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Katanji+Brow+was+asked+what+a+woman+is%3F#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:25eee7c9,vid:BWtGzJxiONU If Marsha (not one of my favorites) asked you to define "what is a woman, what would be…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Well the up side is that all of the six conservatives on the court know what a women is and…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “"Supreme Court preview: the major decisions still to come" https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4022550-supreme-court-preview-the-major-decisions-still-to-come/ Some really important decisions coming up. Let's hope the six…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, Response To: Your May 31, 2023 at 7:20 am post I know you believe "Average Joe' is a threat…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Like I said before, — Exceptional Joe is a clear and present danger to the actual existence of our country.…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “My great grandmother was said to be a "witch" but she was in fact a pow wow doctor.. unfortunately misunderstood…”

    Melinda Hendricks | A Long Lost Friend: Murder and Magic at Southern Pennsylvania’s Hex House

  • “Urkidding (Fast & Loose with Facts), I can't take credit for the 'articulate' comment. OYE set that one up. You…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Hi Bob, I get mentioned in many of your posts lately... never believed I could live there rent-free. LOL. OYE…”

    Urkidding | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE' Good morning! You stay safe and have a good day!”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Actually a predictable and anticipated response. Avoidance and deflection void of substance.”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Urkidding (Fast & Loose with Facts0, There is no need for me to prove that you are 'Fast & Loose…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, I disagree. You sell yourself short You are more 'articulate' than Urkidding (Fast & Loose with Facts). He is…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Hi Bob, Well, the only nail hitting the anyone in the head is whatever you stood up into to scramble…”

    Urkidding | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Going to call you on this one Bobby. You like to enter into dialogue on this site because you need…”

    Open Yours Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

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