Once upon a time a stone quarry sat near the north bank of “Kyte Crick” as it curves around the south side of Rochelle turning westward toward the Rock River. From as early as the 1840s blocks of limestone cut at this site were hauled away to become foundations for buildings, sidewalks, and gravel for [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Spring Lake, Summer and Winter
Posted in Lost Places, Rochelle Tales, tagged Spring Lake on 2012-01-26 | 2 Comments »
Sunday’s Visitor
Posted in Animal Tales, Clarksburg Tales, tagged pileated woodpecker, woodpecker on 2012-01-23 | 4 Comments »
Our yard, our neighborhood, much of Clarksburg and surrounding area along the West Fork River is filled with large, old trees — almost a mixed hardwood and conifer forest, even though we are in town — and many of the normal animal residents of such forests can be seen, at least from time to time, [...]
The Seasons
Posted in Commonplace Book, Useless Facts, tagged calendars, Iceland, seasons, Snorri Sturluson on 2012-01-02 | Leave a Comment »
An Icelandic reckoning of the seasons and months of the year, according to Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241): From the equinox it is autumn until the sun sets in the position of none. Then it is winter until the equinox. Then it is spring until the moving days. Then it is summer until the equinox. Harvest-month is [...]
Cyclamen
Posted in Pictures, tagged cyclamen on 2012-01-01 | Leave a Comment »
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