The Earth Mother sent a monarch butterfly to Eighty Acres this week. The monarch was dressed in black and orange with white spots and...

After 25 years Eighty Acres is now home to a pair of red-headed woodpeckers. Once common across southern Canada and east-central United...

The Earth Mother gives the daylily blossom no more than twenty four hours to live. But the flower does not regret its fleeting time,...

This week the nation celebrated Independence Day with spectacular fireworks that shook and rattled the skies. The Earth Mother also...

The Earth Mother sent a Twelve-spotted Skimmer dragonfly to Eighty Acres this week. It danced in the wind and it's transparent wings...

The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have recently migrated back from Central America. They weigh 3-4 grams, less than the weight of a nickel...

The day's work is done and the Earth Mother whispers to the sun to linger for just a short time before it says good bye. Her final act...

Groundhogs have many names including ground pig, whistler, and red monk. On Eighty Acres I also have given them many different...

It is rare to see a black squirrel on Eighty Acres. They are not a separate variety or species. Rather they are actually eastern gray...

Each spring I find bleeding heart flowers blooming on Eighty Acres. The heart-shaped fuchsia colored petals make me pause and enjoy the...

Our world is filled with stories about cute bunny rabbits. Brer Rabbit, Disney's Thumper, Bigwig from the classic novel Watership Down,...

This week the flame orange and black Baltimore Orioles are returning to Eighty Acres from their winter home in Central America. The...

Recently on a cool and rainy afternoon, this red-tailed hawk landed on a birch tree located just outside my window on Eighty Acres. We...

A recently fallen elm tree on Eighty Acres revealed the beautiful patterns of tunneling bark beetles. The narrow center cavity is where...

The Earth Mother sends her eastern bluebirds back to Eighty Acres around April first. They soon begin constructing their nests and will...

Turd Trees and Dead Man's Fingers are just some of the colorful names given to this rough black swollen area that clings to tree branches....

Maybe he struggled to find a safe place to lay down, rest, close his eyes and fall asleep. I found his bones scattered about in the...

The day's first light slips across the tree tops on Eighty Acres. There is a softness to the morning light and with it brings hope that...

As the sun melted the snow, the Earth Mother's tears slowly slid downward and froze into a shimmering icy stalactite. Sometimes there...

For several weeks I stepped over these river stones wrapped in ice. Then came the day I became aware of the beauty in the frozen...