Bruce Siebold
Perhaps
In the days ahead, the Fall season will arrive on Eighty Acres. It will be a time when the Earth Mother sends her song birds on their...
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Bruce Siebold
- Aug 22, 2021
- 1 min
Neighborhood Bully
Meet the neighborhood bully, the bald-faced hornet. This aggressive hornet feasts on honey bees, flies, spiders, fruits and flower...
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Bruce Siebold
- Aug 1, 2021
- 1 min
Mindful Steps
Today I purposefully slowed my pace as I traveled the Eighty Acres trails. For today was not about how far I traveled, rather, what...
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Bruce Siebold
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
Smokey Skies
Smokey skies from Canadian forest fires are resulting in amazing sunsets in the western skies. Sending love and good wishes to all those...
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Bruce Siebold
- Jul 18, 2021
- 1 min
Prairie Restoration On Eighty Acres
Black-eyed susans, wild lupine, verbena, asters, and milkweed are just some of the prairie restoration flowers on Eighty Acres this...
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Bruce Siebold
- Jul 11, 2021
- 1 min
The Iris Said
While walking past the flower garden I overheard the Iris say, "with my delicate petals and pleasing colors, don't you think I am the...
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Bruce Siebold
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
Maybe?
I wonder why we so often walk past the forest ferns?. Maybe it is because they are shy plants and do not prefer the spotlight in the sun?...
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Bruce Siebold
- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
Time To Bloom
Do not hide your beauty. Unfurl and let me hear your voice. Tell me your story. Your dreams. Your hopes. For much too soon your petals...
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Bruce Siebold
- Jun 20, 2021
- 1 min
SHHHHHH! Moms Sleeping
Over the past three weeks, this doe has bedded down just outside our bedroom window. She hides her fawn in the woods and for about 6...
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Bruce Siebold
- Jun 13, 2021
- 1 min
Watchful Eyes
Under watchful eyes, the mother doe nourishes her young fawn. The fawn will nurse on the protein rich milk 4-5 times each day, growing...
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Bruce Siebold
- Jun 6, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Bruce Siebold
- May 30, 2021
- 1 min
Hummingbirds
Sounding like giant buzzing bumblebees, each spring hummingbirds announce their arrival on Eighty Acres. They begin their long migration...
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Bruce Siebold
- May 23, 2021
- 1 min
Ten Days
Like an old friend that comes to visit once each year, the crab apple blossoms fill the springtime air with excitement, hope and glorious...
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Bruce Siebold
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Evening Sunset
Leafless trees silhouette the setting sun on Eighty Acres.
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Bruce Siebold
- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day! As a child I remember picking dandelion bouquets for my mother on this day. Mom always received them with such joy...
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Bruce Siebold
- May 2, 2021
- 1 min
Early Morning Richness
It was early morning and my steps across Eighty Acres were marked by foot prints I left in the heavy dew. It was a quiet, calm morning,...
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Bruce Siebold
- Apr 25, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Bruce Siebold
- Apr 18, 2021
- 1 min
A Peaceful Time
Another day ends on Eighty Acres as a trio of faceless pines are silhouetted against the evening sky. A peaceful moment to be mindful...
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Bruce Siebold
- Apr 11, 2021
- 1 min
Looking Inside
When a tree is under stress due to insects, bacteria, storm damage or a virus, the tree will protect itself by forming a burl. Some folks...
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Bruce Siebold
- Apr 4, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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