Pete Podurgiel

A quick heads-up  to anyone in the vicinity on southern New England coast - I witnessed a virtual river of Monarch butterflies heading west in Westerly, RI yesterday (9/18/26).

More specifically, this was at Misquamicut State Beach beach on Friday afternoon. I watched in amazement as hundreds, if not thousands, of Monarchs fly by me over the course of a couple of hours. Was one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.

Not sure if this is a natural bottleneck for them, a one-off event, or how long it will last, but if you are in Rhode Island or Connecticut (maybe Massachusetts, too) you might be able too see them if you go to the ocean today.

Video attached. It was wild how they stayed in a corridor along the dunes.  

My favorite trails/paths have twists and turns that make me wonder what's around the next corner.  

Eyes of the World

I make a maple syrup & balsamic salad dressing, but don't have the recipe at hand.

It's basically the same as this recipe, except the one I use calls for minced garlic. Yum!

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/159976/maple-balsamic-vinaigrette/

Hmmmm ....If only one, I'd have to go with 'dolphin'.

I hear they're pretty smart. I'd love to be able to speak their language and hear what they have to say.
Having the sense of echo-location would be pretty neat, too!

By the handfull!   :-)

"Get Busy Living" by Goldfish

Chance Lunceford wrote:
Blueberry wine sounds good. Can you describe what it tasted like?

Not sure (thinking)  .....not 'dry' or terribly sweet.

It was....  shall I say, "balanced" ?  

...or maybe "Better than expected"?  (ha-ha)  


Overall, I thought it was going to be a waste of perfectly good bluegerries, but was pleasantly surprised that I was wrong.  ;-)

I've had tomato wine before and my cousin made some blueberry wine a while back.

I'm not a exactly a connoisseur, but I thought both were very good.

A few gems from Aurora