{"id":2695,"date":"2015-03-27T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=2695"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:25:28","slug":"a-few-other-things","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/a-few-other-things\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Other Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Not everything on this site is about genealogy. Over the years I\u2019ve also written about my garden, local wildlife, plants, photography, and assorted things that interested me enough to document. This section gathers those posts in one place\u2014the odds and ends that don\u2019t quite belong in the family-history sections, but are still part of the site.<\/p>\n<h2>Home and Garden<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/amanita-muscaria-var-guessowii-american-eastern-yellow-fly-agaric-mushroom\/\">Amanita muscaria var. guessowii \/ American Eastern Yellow Fly Agaric Mushroom<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/chamaecyparis-obtusa-nana-lutea\/\">Chamaecyparis obtusa &#8216;Nana Lutea&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/chartreuse-and-burgundy-in-the-garden-a-captivating-color-combo\/\">Chartreuse and Burgundy in the Garden, A Captivating Color Combo<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-september-2015\/\">Garden Bloggers&#8217; Bloom Day, September 2015<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets\/\">How to Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/how-to-stop-water-from-flowing-downhill-to-your-neighbors-house\/\">How To Stop Water From Flowing Downhill To Your Neighbor&#8217;s House<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/late-april-flowers-and-foliage\/\">Late April Flowers and Foliage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/lonicera-nitida-twiggy\/\">Lonicera nitida &#8216;Twiggy&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/ornaments-in-the-garden\/\">Ornaments in the Garden<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/our-kitchen-renovation\/\">Our Kitchen Renovation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/winter-containers\/\">Winter Containers<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>Wilmington Wildlife<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/beautiful-fox-family\/\">Beautiful Fox Family<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/broad-headed-skink\/\">Broad-Headed Skink<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/chester-county-pennsylvania-images\/\">Chester County, Pennsylvania, Images<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/common-box-turtle-terrapene-carolina\/\">Common Box Turtle \/ Terrapene carolina<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/crazy-vole-running-in-circles\/\">Crazy Vole Running in Circles<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/tree-frog\/\">Gray Tree Frog, Hyla versicolor<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/hippity-hoppity-rabbits-in-my-garden\/\">Hippity Hoppity Rabbits in my Garden<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/kittens-playing-in-box\/\">Kittens Playing in Box<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/northern-green-frog-rana-clamitans-melatona\/\">Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melatona)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/one-small-deer\/\">One Small Deer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis\/\">Red-Tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/rose-breasted-grosbeak-bird\/\">Rose Breasted Grosbeak Bird<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/three-black-cats\/\">Three Black Cats<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/yolanda-our-backyard-raccoon\/\">Yolanda, Our Backyard Raccoon<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not everything on this site is about genealogy. Over the years I\u2019ve also written about my garden, local wildlife, plants, photography, and assorted things that interested me enough to document. This section gathers those posts in one place\u2014the odds and ends that don\u2019t quite belong in the family-history sections, but are still part of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5799,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2695","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-Ht","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":662,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/history\/","url_meta":{"origin":2695,"position":0},"title":"History","author":"Karen","date":"June 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Much of genealogy makes more sense when you understand the world in which our ancestors lived. 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