bird-watching and digging in the dirt. Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Maybe a few words, but not many. Every season has its beauty. Wishing you all the best in 2018. For more Wordless Wednesday photos, please click here. Monday, August 21, 2017. Today was a total eclipse across many parts of the United States. This is how it began.

Saturday, August 8, 2015. Lightning destroyed a tree on our property on Thursday, an ancient oak with Spanish moss hanging from the branches. This tree, or one like it. This is the view I got when I drove into the pasture. Long strips of bark were ripped off and thrown several yards away from the tree. I drove around what was left, taking pics as I went.

I may suck air but I eat real food. Is very well thought out and even has a dusting of grated lemon r.

Countless of them in the garden. Our front yard was filled with lots of beautiful bright sunflowers. I have created picture collages of the photos taken throughout the season and would like to share them with you here. As much as I enjoyed them in the garden, I felt compelled to bring them indoors. They added the sense of brightness and warmth into my living room.

The ups and downs of the gardening world. A skipper butterfly inserting its proboscis into the flower slurping up nectar. Butterflies are flying everywhere in my yard, swooping, basking, and fluttering like graceful ballerinas in a ballet. Observing the butterflies visiting my flowers and trying to catch them with my camera is difficult at times, so I did some research about their habits to make it more likely to capture them in the lens of my camera. Gulf Fritillary basking on Zinnia.

Pickled Radish Seed Pods 2 Ways. Three uses for the tough, inedible ends of garlic scape stalks that you can use in the home or garden.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015. My gracious hosts in New Orleans were nice enough to indulge my inner garden nerd yet again and took me to the New Orleans Botanical Garden. The main building with oaks. View to the Conservatory of the Two Sisters.

Small Batch Papercrete for Fairy Gardens. As promised, I am writing today about small batch recipes for papercrete. After many experiments I think I have come up with some instructions that will help you with a recipe of your own.