Jonathan Crowe
@jonathancrowe.net
Map blogger (@maproomblog.com), piano maniac, science fiction/fantasy writer and critic, snake whisperer, typewriter fiend. Kind of a strange old hermit. He/him. Shawville QC. jonathancrowe.net
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A blue jay foraging in the mess below the bird feeder.
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A blue jay foraging in the mess below the bird feeder.
Last year our cactus had a single flower. This year it has ... more. Spending the summer outside seems to have agreed with it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Last year our cactus had a single flower. This year it has ... more. Spending the summer outside seems to have agreed with it.
The chickadees were swarming the feeder today.
October 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The chickadees were swarming the feeder today.
When it’s warm and wet, we get frogs—even in October. Yesterday we heard at least one spring peeper calling, and this morning we were surprised by this good-sized gray treefrog on our bedroom window.
Not the greatest picture, but the best I could manage with my phone in the pre-dawn darkness.
Not the greatest picture, but the best I could manage with my phone in the pre-dawn darkness.
October 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When it’s warm and wet, we get frogs—even in October. Yesterday we heard at least one spring peeper calling, and this morning we were surprised by this good-sized gray treefrog on our bedroom window.
Not the greatest picture, but the best I could manage with my phone in the pre-dawn darkness.
Not the greatest picture, but the best I could manage with my phone in the pre-dawn darkness.
Most people who encounter an adult red-bellied snake think it’s a baby snake. No, that’s an adult; it’s just a really small species. THIS is a baby red-bellied snake: flic.kr/p/2rjBmTz (Photo: SBC Wildlife Photography)
Red-bellied snake
This minuscule snake is one of North Carolinas smallest snakes, and when newborn, is possibly the smallest of the bunch! This little guy was stuck on the road inside a tire mark. Lucky for him I spott...
flic.kr
October 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Most people who encounter an adult red-bellied snake think it’s a baby snake. No, that’s an adult; it’s just a really small species. THIS is a baby red-bellied snake: flic.kr/p/2rjBmTz (Photo: SBC Wildlife Photography)
A few horse photos taken at the Shawville Fair on Labour Day weekend.
September 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A few horse photos taken at the Shawville Fair on Labour Day weekend.
We had a skunk visitor this morning.
September 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We had a skunk visitor this morning.
How interesting: a tiny toad.
September 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
How interesting: a tiny toad.
New garden project just dropped.
have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...
August 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New garden project just dropped.
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‘Turning information into something physical’
Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing 📚📜
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Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing 📚📜
share.google/N9w6cwKSajku...
How punched cards led to modern computing
Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing.
share.google
August 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
‘Turning information into something physical’
Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing 📚📜
share.google/N9w6cwKSajku...
Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing 📚📜
share.google/N9w6cwKSajku...
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I wrote a post about visiting the last stamp store in Chicago and living a life that’s fun, but worthless. I really like this one, hope you do too. dansinker.com/posts/202…
July 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I wrote a post about visiting the last stamp store in Chicago and living a life that’s fun, but worthless. I really like this one, hope you do too. dansinker.com/posts/202…
That must have taken some doing.
July 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
That must have taken some doing.
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Wrote a thing about one of my enduring fascinations: the life and times of Harlan Ellison thecommasplice.com/harlan-agoni...
Harlan Agonistes
Ellison was an influential writer with a colourful life and an interesting social circle. So why isn't there a decent book about it?
thecommasplice.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wrote a thing about one of my enduring fascinations: the life and times of Harlan Ellison thecommasplice.com/harlan-agoni...
If you own a Brother printer, it’s time to update its firmware to patch some security vulnerabilities. Details:
www.rapid7.com/blog/post/mu...
support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.a...
www.rapid7.com/blog/post/mu...
support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.a...
June 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you own a Brother printer, it’s time to update its firmware to patch some security vulnerabilities. Details:
www.rapid7.com/blog/post/mu...
support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.a...
www.rapid7.com/blog/post/mu...
support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.a...
I’m not sure, but I think this hummingbird might have been sticking his tongue out to catch raindrops.
May 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I’m not sure, but I think this hummingbird might have been sticking his tongue out to catch raindrops.
A lot of goldfinches around here lately.
May 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A lot of goldfinches around here lately.
Female evening grosbeak
May 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Female evening grosbeak
He’s moved from obstruction to participation.
May 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
He’s moved from obstruction to participation.
Rose-breasted grosbeak
May 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rose-breasted grosbeak
It’s one thing for squirrels to turn up at the bird feeder, but this is starting to get out of hand.
May 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s one thing for squirrels to turn up at the bird feeder, but this is starting to get out of hand.
One of two pileated woodpeckers that have been just shredding this stump in our back yard over the past two days.
April 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One of two pileated woodpeckers that have been just shredding this stump in our back yard over the past two days.
Our yard over the past two days: northern flickers picking grubs out of the front lawn, pileated woodpeckers just shredding a stump in the back, a yellow-bellied sapsucker drilling into a maple tree, purple finches swarming the feeder, phoebes darting from tree branches to hunt.
April 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Our yard over the past two days: northern flickers picking grubs out of the front lawn, pileated woodpeckers just shredding a stump in the back, a yellow-bellied sapsucker drilling into a maple tree, purple finches swarming the feeder, phoebes darting from tree branches to hunt.
Another issue of my newsletter is en route to subscribers. Topics include the pieces I’m playing at the music festival tomorrow, dealing with stage fright, and the implications of Pierre Poilievre’s dating history. Plus links. buttondown.com/jonathancrow...
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Another issue of my newsletter is en route to subscribers. Topics include the pieces I’m playing at the music festival tomorrow, dealing with stage fright, and the implications of Pierre Poilievre’s dating history. Plus links. buttondown.com/jonathancrow...