While walking in a local park, this little creature decided to engage me in a game of hide and seek around the trunk of the tree pictured. It quickly became evident that the squirrel was skilled at this game, circling…

“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.” — Unknown    …

In a previous post from a few days ago, I mentioned walking back to check on the ferns I’m trying to get started on the woods’ edge behind our home. Overall, I think they are doing okay, but I’ve had…

Striving to find joy in those things we do. Bonnie’s love for flowers and plants brings her pleasure, making them thrive, as the Meyer Lemon Tree image above shows. I also get enjoyment by photographing her results and then, as…

Bonnie usually grows a fern in a raised pot under one of our front trees each Spring, and then in October, before the first frost, I transplant it to the woods in the back. I did the transplant this year…

We left Oswego, New York, and enjoyed the scenic backroads for two and a half days. Our journey took us south-southwest through New York into Pennsylvania, then south-southeast through West Virginia and Maryland to Virginia, near Richmond. Finally, we headed…