Divinebunbun's Rugged Rural Missouri

Divinebunbun lives in a log cabin on 100 acres in the rocky Ozark foothills. Her porch is a box seat on nature and the seasons. This is her journal of chores and mysteries, natural history photos, and observations.

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Friday, March 3, 2017

It Snarled

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Opossums trotting through the layer of oak leaves that's all around the house make a rustling sound exactly like a person. Out on the ...

Monday, August 19, 2013

Hard Up, Are Ya?

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When it got dark I heard heavy thuds and thunks on my roof. My hair stood on end. I locked the doors, hunkered down, and prepared to murder ...

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Hello, Southern Coal Skink

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While I was cutting patches for the porch screens about noon, a rustling next to the pump house made me think, "It's the blacksna...

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Stolen Goods Retrieved

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Raccoons grab and steal the wire suet cage that I fill and hang outside for my birds -- that is, if I don't fetch it in at dusk every da...

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Black and White

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Black and white rule the country right now -- especially because sunshine here has been rare -- so the pink nose and elegant toes of this yo...

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Divinebunbun: A professional writer and editor, I love rural living, fresh vegetables, stargazing, May and June, cooking and hosting, and birdwatching.

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