She appears each august on Eighty Acres with deep black dome shaped eyes and yellow fingers. I invite her into my home and place her...

Birds like the Indigo Bunting generally put me in a wild dash for my camera and a prayer that I am able to capture it's beauty before it...

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...

Washing the dust from its wings, the sparrow slipped into the cool waters in an Eighty Acres' bird bath. It twisted, shook and danced...

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...