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Inspired by Dogs & Nature
There’s an unfinished book in my “BOOKS & WRITING” folder on my computer. It is titled Farm Gone Wild. It’s the story of how, over the past 10+ years, I have watched and even encouraged Mother Nature to grace our acreage with her charms… Continue Reading “Farm Gone Wild”
About a decade ago we graciously accepted Mother Nature’s bit to assume control of our farm in rural Illinois. After raising sheep for years, we retired from competitive herding trials with our Border Collies. We sold the sheep and turned our efforts to training… Continue Reading “Building A Better Bird House”
I’m so happy to share this video of a Northern Harrier hunting over our pasture. I got some marginal photos of a male Harrier in the same field earlier last week, which I posted. But, they just didn’t do it justice. This is a… Continue Reading “Sunny Sunday”
For the past couple of weeks, just around 2:00 PM, I see it. At first, it’s just a glint of white moving quickly across the pasture that stands behind my yard and the pond meadow – a good 700 feet from where I sit… Continue Reading “Not Exactly Perfect”
I encountered a small group of Carolina Chickadees that were busy taking advantage of last Autumn’s spoils. Their capacity to hang up-side-down to extract the seeds from the spent weeds (aka wildflowers), made me smile. Here are photos of a couple of other birds… Continue Reading “Little Acrobats”
Late afternoon clouds obscure the low hanging sun yet, still there are moments to capture which present the solitude and tranquility around me. First photo shows a Dark-eyed Junco perched on an old barbed-wire fence, a rusty post and a single holdout stalk of… Continue Reading “Rustic Winter Images”
What do you do when it’s minus two degrees (wind chill -23) and you can’t go outside and play? You make cartoons! Enjoy!
Apparently, the Blue Jays in the north Pond Meadow this winter have accepted my presence, more so at least than in previous years. Last year I ached for one to land on the feeder so that I could film it. But, this year it… Continue Reading “Workin’ for it”
When Robert and I moved to our current property, we didn’t realize that life circumstances would soon throw a wrench into our plans. It meant that our tiny, 800 square feet house would also become the home-base for three different businesses, two of which… Continue Reading “So That Just Happened”
