On the whole I am quite pleased with the results of last years work and expense. It is a joy to see the flowers, the bees and others...

I wrote before about a new design I used this year for a cold frame. I also touched on (what I thought at the time) was going to be the...

I am not sure of all the wildflower varieties I have in my pollinator lawn, but I'm liking them so far! This last week has been somewhat...

I know it's not a bird, but I can't help but share one of what I hope will be many cactus flower pictures this summer. Pictures don't do...

I saw my first house sparrow fledgling out there (wish I could have gotten a picture, but I'll soon have more pictures of fledglings and...

Happy Mothers Day if that's you, I thought I'd send out the bird gallery early this week so that I had time to celebrate with my family....

I thought I'd start off the bird gallery this week with a few pictures of Spring's flowering all stars. Below are some of the tulips and...

This right here is exactly why I go to the effort of growing cacti. They have such lovely flowers (like those of these native barrels...

Going early with the bird gallery this week since tomorrow is Easter. I have a special visitor to share with you, someone who is a rarity...

It's around late March or early April that I take my blueberry bushes out of their winter storage. The forecast plays a part in it--I...

I put out my finch sock (what you see in the picture below, it's the "sock" with holes in it that's filled with nyjer thistle seed) since...

Man alive! Hard to believe it's already early April. Hard to believe it's Spring too given the weather I'm seeing outside my window...

The early bird (eventually) gets the worm! Not too long after writing in an earlier bird gallery about robins getting hungry and eating...

One of the many (MANY) chores for late Winter/early Spring is to go out and fluff the mulch around my property. Looks pretty, but the...

The "early birds" of the garden have started to sprout (garlics, strawbrerries), and some (like the crocus) even to bloom. Meanwhile the...

I got inspired watching a YouTube video recently and decided to adapt a recipe I saw for oven-roasted chicken thighs into a recipe for...

How you doin'? Getting to that point in Spring where Colorado's weather can really oscillate. One day warm, next day snow. Wasn't quite...

Can you hand me that towel? Warmer days out here on the Plains. The birds are getting more and more restive as the temps rise and the...

Birds of the week for 3/2/25. Was a warmer week this past few days out on the Plains and the birds are getting antsy. One common...

Here are this week's birds from out here on the Plains. If you catch it at the right time, it looks like they're dancing. I put the...