Getting ready for my Gardens to Grow
It’s March and I’ve been thinking about our gardens. We have a fairly big yard – 3+ acres – and quite a few large perennial beds. The perennial plants that…
Tag: gardening
Poetry Friday: A Favorite Plant
The seed catalogs have been pouring in since January, and lately, I’ve been spending some time going through them looking for favorites and maybe a couple of new varieties to…
Silent Sunday: Colorful Flowers
Today is Silent Sunday. For the past four years (almost) Sundays have been a day on my blog where no words are written. I only post my own photographs based…
Seeking Comfort: Gardens
Focus on something cheerful and happy today Today, I am at a loss for words. There have been a few times in my life that I’ve been witness to something…
Five Great Things to know about Buffalo, New York
As a young adult, I lived in Buffalo for about ten years, split by a period of 3 years when we moved to two mid-Atlantic states. We eventually returned to…
Monarch Primer & Update: Mid-August 2020
It’s mid-August! This means that it is time to start tagging monarch butterflies! The monarch’s life cycle is amazing! Monarchs undergo what is referred to as a complete metamorphosis, or…
Wildlife Wednesday: Mimics & Wasps
Yesterday, I found two monarch eggs on the swamp milkweed in my yard. You can see those in the second photo below. We also had a monarch eclosure, meaning the…
