Colinus virginianus Growing up, I knew this bird as "a Quail". Since there's only one type of quail in Alabama, there's no...

I'm growing Zinnias for Hospice again this year. They're perfect for me: varied, easy, prolific, and forgiving. And, good for Hospic...

Flighty flibbertigibbets.

Chickens love watermelon, with a passion. These were just our leftover rinds, with only a bit of red. Last year we bought an over-mushy melo...

We walked in the creek. Apparently it's become our warm-weather holiday tradition. We spotted these fish, that I photographed poorly, an...

I knew, in a theoretical kind of way, that there were a lot of varieties of Daylilies. It didn't really prevent my non-stop gaping at a ...

I know I'm living up to the most common descriptive written in my old yearbooks ("weird") when my first reaction to finding Bi...

I always have so much fun at our Alabama Soapmaker meetings, and this was our largest ever: 101 attendees. At least a third of them were fro...

Weevil party at the nearest daisy, pass it on... I think these weevils are in the tribe Madopterini. Though I might just be leaning towards ...

I was surprised the first time I saw cactus growing in the wild here in the southeast. Outside of cactus gardens, it's not the kind of p...

Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( Coccyzus americanus ). Giving me... The cut direct . ---------- Cuckoos are zygodactyl , like woodpeckers. Click tha...

The newer chickens never seem in the mood for portraiture. We came up on the losing end of the chicken lottery this time. Out of eight myste...

A friend told me this story tonight, and I figured I'd post it here to help blackberry-less internet wanderers. My friend's blackber...

The Blount county bloggers met at Annie's over the weekend! Her job may be a pain, but it has made Annie Linda-Hamilton -buff. I'm ...