Next to the pond 8 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm

Could we have a little privacy, please?!

Above the pond II 7 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm

D Taking a good long sip is the male hummingbird.  What a pleasure to have them dining right outside my kitchen window!

Life above the ponds 6 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm

Tomorrow we will check up on the mister with his ruby neck.

Life in the ponds 5 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm

A Hostage Frog?!

My Alma Mater 16 Jun 2013 | 10:49 pm

Thanks to Martha for this wonderful photo of the cloister quad at Dominican University in River Forrest, Illinois.  When I graduated 50 years ago, it was call Rosary College and the Class of 1963 just...

Blooming finally! 16 Apr 2013 | 07:00 pm

Yesterday in the woods!

The snow is gone, for now! 12 Apr 2013 | 06:18 pm

And look, the first daffodil buds are showing. The bad news: snow is forecast for tonight......

Snow, snow, be gone, please! 25 Mar 2013 | 11:55 pm

Snow and snowdrops 12 Mar 2013 | 10:24 pm

Winter and flowers at the same time; It must be March

Snowy trails 12 Feb 2013 | 08:10 pm

The footprints are from two and four legged creatures. You can't sneak around in winter!