I have heard wild turkeys in my town but ive only ever seen them in the adjacent town, where theres less fox and coyotes. There, they roam around in peoples yards and walk down the driveway like they own the place. The day before my vacation, i arrived home to find a little band of …
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Berkey
Bud is the larger armadillo with a healed over puncture mark that lives under a rotted tree stump behind my house. Berkey is the name my mother gave to the newest younger and smaller armadillo to show up on scene. He was quite small when he first appeared and he seems to have a den …
The Cicadas and Katydids Arrive
Thistles in the Woods
My friend Cindy and i were walking through the woods on her property in an effort to check out her new bee boxes where she had thousands of healthy and docile honey bees buzzing about, doing their thing. It was an exciting development on her homestead. There was an article about it in the local …
Dying Trees
At this time all of my oak trees, from the 250 year old tree to the one barely taller than me are dead or in some stage of dying. After a failed $4,000 treatment to try and save them i gave up and wrote them off as a casualty. The thing i leaned on for …
Thud
I was outside breaking down the chicken tractor and bringing in the pullets and dogs for the night. I had just picked up the first chicken when i heard a thud and a silver sedan screeched to a halt on the road right in front of my property. It was up near the orchard and …
Town Meeting
4 new subdivisions. A liquor store. A bar. A 24 hour gym. A gelato/wine/panini/antique shop. An art gallery. A new animal shelter. an expanded sewer and water line. I have a pit in my stomach. I had planned to fight to hold onto what i love until the end but take the wilderness and there’s …
The Noises of Nightfall
Last night i turned in to the sound of a howling coyote. The night before to the hum and buzz of a thousand junebugs taking flight in their odd and clumsy way. Tonight, it was the gobble of a wild turkey. Ever present are the screams of hungry longhorns looking for their evening meal to …
Critter Cam
This little guy was looking for bugs to eat in our woods.