We got up early to view the lunar eclipse. Clouds came and went, and there was a bit of fog, but overall it was a nice show. When it was gon...

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor I stopped to take a picture of this butterfly flittering over New York Ironweed ( Vernonia noveboracen...

Both the Muscovy (above) and the Runner duck had to be chased off their nests. They weren't happy being forced to abandon their eggs, ro...

The cat who's trying to adopt us. I should say, the wild tomcat who's trying to adopt us. The wary cat who won't let us near hi...

Nothing much has been happening. Work, work, work. Hot, hot, hot. Dry, dry, dry. That's about it. We went to Mom's over the weekend....

Ugh. That's 43°C outside, 26°C inside. Healthy Chef Alex's Sweet Ginger Lemonade (Serves 4) 4 cups filtered water 4 Tbsp. fresh sq...

We didn't have much luck viewing the meteors . (We never do, we don't stay up that late.) So I played around with the camera a while...

"Stay away from my nest." ----- Last Friday's Ark is here .

Fairy dreams of green-wood fern Feather from the wing of time Summer's nimble mansion Berries harsh and crude My stem was fair, my bud w...

Fallen Sycamore leaf. ( Platanus occidentalis .) They seem to take the drought stress worse than most other trees here. I walked out of a me...

Dragonflies are tough. I can't make this one exactly fit any of the pictures on BugGuide or Giff Beaton's site. I think it's o...

We have two bluebird boxes that get a lot of use, though never at the same time. This was the second brood this year. I tried getting closer...

Tasty, if not beautiful I don't know where my husband comes up with some of his ideas. He somehow got it into his head that he had to ma...

Things you should check out: Festival of the Trees Circus of the Spineless