The regal pair have taken to hanging out some evenings on a patch of crispy dry, grazed-to-the-ground grass just over […]

We don’t have any vipers. We certainly haven’t lost any bugs. So I wonder who named the plant.  We just

  Passing visitor. We always called them black snakes but I think it’s a northern watersnake.  They come out of

  Gardening is upon us. Even us lax folks must make the effort.  An effort involving heartless cruelty to all

Naturally, I have to post some pics. This is a great white egret that is visiting my pond. Caught her

The fire goddess, who lives in my wood stove, has laboured hard all winter to keep me warm.  Now that

The temperature is heading for a thaw.  So last chance to check my beaver lodge. Once the ice melts, there

So I was poking about in a old book about life in the 19th century and came across this exam