The Backyard and Beyond

On Wednesday, May 6th we took a day trip up to Horicon Marsh. It’s becoming one of our favorite birding sites. It’s an amazing place: 32,000 acres; mostly open water…

Our first trip to the UK was wonderful. We are so happy we made the decision to untether ourselves from North America and explore another part of the world. It…

For some reason, my blog had some issues and no emails were sent out to my followers when I published this post. So I’m going to re-publish and see what…

In just a few days we’ll be starting on our big adventure! Sunday we’ll be hopping on a plane here in Madison, flying to Detroit and then on to London.…

So, unwittingly we’ve created a chipmunk heaven in our backyard. We’ve provided a home (a deck with soft soil underneath for burrowing dens and making a series of tunnels), an…

I looked out the window this morning around 7:15 a.m. and saw our Mama duck waddling around with 9 little fuzzy balls of fluff in tow. She was searching urgently…

So the longest day of the year is history. Can you believe that?! Everything is looking pretty good in the yard. The garden is growing at a good clip now.…

Another thing about summer that I really enjoy is eating outside. It doesn’t have to be fussy—just take your plate outside and sit on the steps and enjoy the sunshine.…

Believe me, I’m not going to complain about the 85 degree weather we had today. Not after that winter we just had. Things are growing fast in the backyard, mostly…

Well, it is prime birding season and so far May has not disappointed. As some of you know we were gone for a few days last week on our trip…