The redbuds are still blooming here, but soon to be replaced by green leaves. Despite cool days  (though getting a bit warmer!)  and (very) ...

Alas, Harry the Heron hasn't shown up yet this spring, but I've had some other lovely sightings as the Ditch begins to awaken.   Sli...

Let the sun shine! It's been a lovely week here, warmish (not hot, which is perfect) and sunny. It's awfully nice to see the rain ta...

Our schizophrenic weather brought to mind a character from an old children's television show I watched as a child,  "The Howdy Dood...

The trees are past their peak, and by the as I post this, storm damage is being cleaned up and our world is  covered in beautiful, deep gre...

It's been a bit since I've taken you to the Ditch. For that matter, it's been a bit since I've taken myself there. Cold, gra...

It has been a quiet week here at the homestead, with Rick on his bike hike. And sometimes, that quiet is good! I've enjoyed some walks a...

The Memorial Day weekend and the time leading up to it brought a couple of species of critters into our lives. First, it's time for new ...

I took my first spring walk around the Ditch on April 13 and wasn't disappointed! My friend Harry the Heron is back! But more on him la...

Before I start this post, does anyone else who follows blogs with bloglovin' find that their site has been down for about a week? If I d...

Spring is trying to break through here in mid-Michigan, although the weather is doing its best to provide the obligatory April showers. It b...

The sun was so bright, the weather forecast so positive, that I couldn't resist stepping out the front door early in the morning to smel...

I'm sitting in my office, the windows open. The temperatures have dropped and the breeze coming through is cool -- perhaps a little too ...

What a crazy time this is! With spring finally showing its warmer side here in Michigan, I find myself feeling overloaded with things to do....

The goslings have arrived! I've yet to see the number I suspect are there (and they are keeping pretty far from shore, so I'm glad f...

I took a walk on MSU's campus and enjoyed a look at another part of campus -- spring blooms are waning a bit but still, nature is its be...

Oh, spring. You go to bed one night and the next day it is everywhere -- spring green draping the branches of trees, magnolia blossoms open ...

When you live in the north and the colors you see for several months of the year are white, gray and dark branches against an often gray-whi...