This must have been the year of the cardinals in my backyard. On my frequent trips in my backyard to do garden work or feed the birds, I occasionally came […]
Morning Snow
This was the sticky snowy scene in the woods behind my house this morning in south-east Tennessee. By this afternoon, the sun was shining and the snow had melted in […]
Backyard: Digging out Tree Stumps
The slow process of installing a new (to us) building out back continues. First trees were cut down last winter. A few days ago, the tree stumps were dug out. […]
Strangest Photo in 2008, Argiope
!–Spider Photo Ahead–! Last May, 2008, and under my husbands wishes [orders] I purchased a new camera. He was getting ready for his yearly stress-relieving explosion extravaganza vacation and he […]
Deer
The sun was getting low when I saw these two deer from my backyard. They were in the neighbor’s yard. One saw me and one didn’t (yet, in the photograph). […]
Mushrooms Busting Out
As I was finishing a hard evening of garden work, I spotted buckled ground with white blobs. I checked it out and saw that it was big mushrooms that were […]
A Walk After the Rain
Early today and last night, we had storms and a lot of rain. After the rain stopped, I went outside. I just can’t stay inside this time of year, so […]
Young Cardinal
In between trips to the woods with a wheelbarrow full of compost material, I saw a little cardinal in a wild blueberry bush. Front view and Side view A little […]
Dandelion
Today I had flowers on my mind. If my digital camera worked with batteries, this post would have looked different. I would have posted a few images of the wild […]
Dry Summer
The summer was very dry in this part of the southeast corner of Tennessee. Most of Tennessee was in drought, and really, large parts of the south had severe drought […]
Sunflower
While working in the garden yesterday, I found a sunflower bloom on the ground. I do not know why it fell off the stem. I brought the sunflower inside to […]
Moth Emerged and I’m Off
Continued from Green Caterpillar. This is a combo entry, more below. After 34 days, the moth finally emerged from its pupa on May 27. The moth is plain and shades […]
Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Cardinal
Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus About the bird: mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov These well-dressed birds frequent our feeder. They prefer the hopper feeder and they exhibit territorial behavior at the feeder. When the hopper […]
Green Caterpillar
Last Saturday, April 21, I gathered leaf litter from the woods for my garden. I used a leaf rake to gather the litter. At some point in this task, I […]
Crataegus Trunk
I have not yet discovered which Crataegus my tree is. I found a website that has many images of pressed cuttings and there are many similar Crataegus varieties. My tree […]
