The Earth Mother's night light burned bright throughout the night casting long dancing shadows on the landscape below. Near morning, the...

For six months this maple leaf lived atop Eighty Acres... It danced in the breeze, trembled during thunder storms, provided shelter for...

This giant elm tree has stood tall and strong for decades on Eighty Acres. To the cattle below it gave shade, to the birds it gave a...

This week the milkweed seed pods burst open and the silky parachutes were swept away in the breezes and gently landed throughout Eighty...

Most days Sumac is simply ignored on Eighty Acres, but each Fall it's leaves turn a brilliant crimson color and shout for attention. ...

The Earth Mother revealed one more of her secrets to me this past week. Pictured above are the berries of the Jack-In-The-Pulpit flower...

While enjoying the recent Olympic games on television, I noticed this tree frog on my patio door watching the games with me. I grabbed...

After a steady night rain and as the sun climbed in the eastern sky the corkscrew grass hung heavy with magnifying, glass-like water...

Each year dozens of Dahlias are planted and grown on Eighty Acres. They are my favorite flower and come in over 40 varieties with...

Each year Eighty Acres experiences the magic and mystery of the the Monarch Butterfly's transformation from a tiny egg to a dancing...

Often times dancing gently on the tree tops of Eighty Acres are the Eastern Tiger Swallowtails. They are the largest butterflies on...

Happy 4th of July! . I found this tall grass growing along the edge of my Pine trees. As the setting sunlight reflected off of its...

The Ruffed Grouse makes it's home on Eighty Acres and is often heard beating it's wings making a drumming like sound. If threatened it...

My teachers did a great job of explaining sunsets as they are related to wavelengths and how sunlight strikes molecules. But not one...

A blood moon is often associated with doomsday prophecies, but on October 8, 2014, I approached the event with positive anticipation and...

Taking time to slow down and look at the little things on Eighty Acres can be rewarding. Thus is the case with the Bracken Ferns that...

Each year around April 1st the Earth Mother sends her Eastern Bluebirds back to Eighty Acres where ten Bluebird box nests await their...

Over the past 25 years I have seen only a fleeting glimpse of a Red Fox on Eighty Acres. Until last week! While overlooking the valley...