Re: [cayugabirds-l] blessedly quiet morning...

2016-07-31 Thread Regi Teasley
Right. A lawnmower-free future lies ahead. Gardens, groves and meadows will replace them. Let's hope it's sooner rather than later. Why not create more bird, butterfly and general critter habitat? So heartening to hear the sounds of the natural world. Regi "Love the animals, love the plant

Re: [cayugabirds-l] blessedly quiet morning...

2016-07-31 Thread marsha kardon
The drought is terrible in most ways but there is one thing I appreciate about it. I can eat dinner on my screened porch, or walk around in my garden without hearing lawn mowers! My neighborhood has many HUGE lawns and most summers it is unusual to be outside without hearing at least one, often m

[cayugabirds-l] blessedly quiet morning...

2016-07-31 Thread Donna Lee Scott
...on rural Lansing Station Rd by Cayuga Lake. Mostly nature sounds and no lake-enhanced human voices, lawn mowers or motor boats, as I enjoy my coffee on the screened part of the back deck that is surrounded by huge oak branches! It is truly a tree house. The local Common Loon uttered its haun