Though we’ve been having Cloudy Days interspersed with rain this week, I have been enjoying looking out our windows at the pond behind the house. This morning a male wood duck sat on the log at the edge of the pond for the longest time allowing me to look closely Read more…
Though the skies have been cloudy and rain has been falling I am finding great beauty in the unfolding of springtime. Each rainfall seems to make the greens glow more brightly. Leaves are beginning to emerge and I can see a haze of green across the pond. Soon it will Read more…
This beautiful warm April weather we are having is making me Hungry for Gardening I have to stop myself from rushing out to plant lettuce and sugar snap peas, because this is Minnesota after all. And the weather could change to cold and blustery still. But I’m holding out hope Read more…
Last week the last ice of the season (I hope) disappeared from the pond. And this week the ducks returned to the pond in force. A group of male mallards have been hanging out in and around the pond. We often call them The Boys on the Beach because they Read more…
It’s definitely true summer outside with hot muggy weather, green everywhere, and (as I’ve heard from others) lots of mosquitoes. True Summer With all the recent rain, we had a tree fall into the pond (second time since we’ve lived here). Fortunately, unlike the big old willow tree that fell Read more…