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Strutting On Eighty Acres
It's turkey breeding season on Eighty Acres and and if you listen carefully, you will hear the Toms gobbling in the quiet of the early...

Bruce Siebold
May 21, 20241 min read
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Tottering Legs
The young fawn's tottering legs couldn't keep pace with her mother's long strides and she stumbled and lay down in front of me on an...

Bruce Siebold
Jun 6, 20211 min read
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Gobble Gobble
Its mating season and the turkeys are on the move across Eighty Acres. As this Tom passed by my photo blind, it brought back memories of...

Bruce Siebold
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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Buried Treasure
I have now lived on Eighty Acres for over thirty years and each spring some new treasure seems to surface upon the land. Over the years...

Bruce Siebold
Apr 4, 20211 min read
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Earth Mother's Helicopter Factory
The maple trees are now in bloom and if you look carefully, you will find the Earth Mother's amazing helicopter seed factories are in...

Bruce Siebold
Mar 28, 20211 min read
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Gray to Green
After her heavy blanket of snow slowly melts away, the Earth Mother begins to awaken from her deep sleep. She slowly stretches her arms,...

Bruce Siebold
Mar 14, 20211 min read
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Body and Soul
I can't remember why, when or even if we planted the chive plant. But like an old friend it returns to Eighty Acres each spring, bringing...

Bruce Siebold
May 31, 20201 min read
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The Earth Mother's Favorite Color
The Earth Mother loves to wear green. Sure she may put on a little bling and accessorize with yellow forsythia, purple lilacs and pink...

Bruce Siebold
May 3, 20201 min read
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April Is The Cruelest Month
In his poem, "The Wasteland," T.S. Eliot called April the cruelest month. It is a month of such high hope and expectations of spring, yet...

Bruce Siebold
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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Glory Days
The spring flowers are in full bloom, shouting for attention, painting Eighty Acres in a wide array dazzling colors. "Look at me." It's...
Bruce Siebold
May 12, 20191 min read
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"It's the Truth"
Do you remember the 1946 Disney song Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah? The song reminds us to celebrate each day because there is "plenty of sunshine...
Bruce Siebold
May 13, 20181 min read
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