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Bruce Siebold
Jan 20, 20191 min read
Patience
Leafless trees, frozen ground and darkness covers Eighty Acres in January. No sunshine for several days. A grayness shrouds my soul. But...
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Bruce Siebold
Jan 6, 20191 min read
Interrupted Lunch
Foxes are omnivores. They eat meat, such as rodents, rabbits and birds, as well as fruits and bugs. This red fox seemed a bit irritated...
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Bruce Siebold
Dec 23, 20181 min read
Frozen in my Memory
During the damp cold night, the Earth Mother sprinkled hoar frost upon Eighty Acres. The frost hugged each stem, branch and blade of...
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Bruce Siebold
Dec 2, 20181 min read
Melted Snowflakes
High in the sky above Eighty Acres, snowflakes formed. Each flake chose its own path downward as it swirled, danced, dipped, and finally...
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Bruce Siebold
Apr 22, 20181 min read
Uff-dah!
Mid April and over a foot of new snow blanketed Eighty Acres. I believe the doe and I would agree. Enough! My 97 year old Swedish...
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Bruce Siebold
Apr 15, 20181 min read
A Restless Sleep
Seldom seen during the day, a scraggly coyote moves quietly through the snow on Eighty Acres. Coyotes are easily identified by their...
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Bruce Siebold
Apr 8, 20181 min read
Ebony and Ivory
This week a foot of new snow fell on Eighty Acres and the landscape once again reminded me of the Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder song...
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Bruce Siebold
Mar 18, 20181 min read
Frozen Sunset
The icicle's fate is sealed. Tomorrow as the sun climbs in the sky all her delicate beauty and colors will melt away. But tonight she...
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Bruce Siebold
Mar 11, 20181 min read
SHHHHH!!
The Earth Mother sleeps beneath her white quilt on Eighty Acres. But even while sleeping she continues to share her beauty by casting a...
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Bruce Siebold
Mar 4, 20181 min read
Enter If I Dared.
A week ago, a foot of heavy snow fell on Eighty Acres. The woods became dark, foreboding, and cautioned me to only enter if I dared....
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Bruce Siebold
Feb 25, 20181 min read
Henry Ford Was Wrong
Henry Ford once said, "Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice." By my count you touch each piece of wood six times. Cutting:...
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Bruce Siebold
Feb 11, 20181 min read
Winter Sunset
Skeleton-like trees silhouette the evening sky and say farewell to the end of another winter day on Eighty Acres. Thank you sun....
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Bruce Siebold
Feb 4, 20181 min read
Snowbound
At 8:00 a.m. the first snow flakes appeared, swirled and quietly settled on Eighty Acres. For nearly 24 hours it snowed and when the...
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Bruce Siebold
Jan 28, 20181 min read
Snowshoe Trails
There are over two miles of twisting treelined snowshoe trails on Eighty Acres. Tracks tell me I share the trails with deer, fox,...
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Bruce Siebold
Jan 21, 20181 min read
Cone Flowers In Winter
Winter on Eighty Acres and the once bright pink, purple and red coneflowers have gone to seed. Frequently visited by bees, butterflies,...
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