Bruce Siebold
And The Frog Said...
Really! Are you serious? Do you see any compromise here? Remember that story about kissing a frog? Hey. It's getting a little warm in...
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Bruce Siebold
- Oct 10, 2021
- 1 min
Moon Over St. Katherine's Lutheran Church
St. Katherine's Lutheran church with its hillside graveyard, sits about one mile away from Eighty Acres. During my walks near the eastern...
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Bruce Siebold
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
Dahlia's Final Days
As I turned the calendar page to October, I knew this month will bring the first fall frost and the dahlia's season will end. As usual,...
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Bruce Siebold
- Sep 19, 2021
- 1 min
Such A Bargain!
The largest butterflies in North America, the Giant Swallowtails, with their 5-6 inch wing spans, are frequent visitors to Eighty Acres...
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Bruce Siebold
- Sep 12, 2021
- 1 min
If I Were A Painter
If I were a painter, I would paint my life the colors of dahlias. Each day I would begin with a blank canvas and paint with only big,...
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Bruce Siebold
- Sep 5, 2021
- 1 min
Never Said Goodbye
During the past week there was a stillness on the land, and then I realized you had left Eighty Acres and began your long journey back to...
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Bruce Siebold
- Aug 29, 2021
- 1 min
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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