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We went to the first annual Highland County Old Time Fiddlers' Convention last weekend, and left our cherry trees unattended. When we...

I think this is the solution to our Bigfoot game camera puzzle. Our cherries are ripe, and along with foxes, scarlet tanagers, raccoons, ...

Our game camera pictures have been plentiful, and much alike. These deer visit regularly. However, Monday morning, the camera caught this: ...

Yesterday, I needed to make a label for a hat I'd knitted from some 1980's-vintage silk yarn . The search engines showed me this exc...

Follow this link to an amazing insect fossil: Super-sized fleas adapted to feed off dinosaurs--Nature News & Comment : "The flea fo...

The ravens have visited us regularly all winter. This isn't surprising, but this is the first year they've spent so much time here s...

Here are some better pictures of one of our fox visitors. A barred owl has been a regular visitor to the deer carcass for several weeks. D...

This gray fox visited late last night, but didn't come closer to the camera this time. Just before dawn, this much larger guy showed up....

Garden seeds came in the mail today, and, because the ground is bare and workable, I raked some damp soil loose and planted beets and radish...

It's a rabbit, showing a border collie how to herd sheep. The blogpost is in Swedish, but you don't really need any more explanatio...

A New Stalked Filter-Feeder from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada . 2012. L. J. O'Brien and J.-B. Caron. PL...

My wild New Year's Eve activity was watching Netflix's streaming video of Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams . I was expe...

A mouse built a summer nest in my box of Christmas ornaments and stuffed the stable full of chew-able ornament pieces. Once I picked the bit...

Yesterday's cold rain has given way to icy wind and dry snowflakes. Princess wisely has chosen to join me in the sewing room.

Was Valentine's Day disappointing? Could Kitty be responsible? "Single White Feline."

Just about the time we got the game camera aimed well, the flash developed problems. This is probably the last night-time bobcat picture w...

We continue to experiment with positioning the gamecamera for flash on snow. Saturday and Sunday nights saw some interesting activity. O...

A few nights ago, the SD card popped out of the game camera, and we thought we didn't get any pictures. However, the built-in drive in...

We don't have the knack for game camera pictures in the snow yet, but we're working on it. This bobcat is last night's visitor...

Proper Opossum Massage: Because you wouldn't want to do it wrong. via Southern Rockies Nature Blog , who usually is much more serious...