July is the month when suddenly, thistles are higher than your head and they rip holes in your arm when […]

I’ve always felt chuffed when the sandhill cranes deign to visit.  Until a couple of years ago, I’d never even

The animosity is hard to believe.  After all, who would hold a grudge against a turtle.  When wildlife rescuers told

Last summer was a record drought.  We’ve had them before but not as bad.  The entire pasture turned brown and

We’ve been rained on, soaked and flooded, but this is only happy weather to the local turtles.  They have family

It’s all my fault.  I wasn’t paying attention.  So when the weather finally warms up enough for me to step

I looked out and there they were, the pair of sandhill cranes who have taken to hanging out in my

Some people wait for the robins, some for the red winged blackbirds, some for the first turkey vultures wheeling about

We had two day of blizzards, temperatures in the minus double digits and a massive pileup of cars and tractor

February thawed us out.  The month almost broke records for breaking records. Shorts and patio weather near Valentine’s day. Rain,