Plants and Stones

Slate grey juncos have been replaced with bluebirds and  cardinals. Winter aconite is a welcome bit of color on this last day of February. T...

 My late forties were filled with reading about really rural living.  At age fifty we purchased thirty-six acres that were once part of a on...

In many ways our retirement land is perfectly suited to us.  The recent snow storm dumped enough on us that the man with the truck mounted p...

 It was nearly dark when I noticed this owl sitting on a post in the garden. I grabbed the camera an snapped off a bunch of pictures hoping ...

We have reached a corner that is adjacent to rich river bottom land.  Once again the border of our land is defined by stone removed from the...