Mar 17, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
Today as I was getting out of the truck from my trip to Costco, the dogs were more than usually excited for me to come home. I stepped around the truck to greet them and spied this opossum sitting about 6 feet away from the dog yard under our maple tree. I’m...
Mar 12, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
The birds are starting to eat us out of house and home! Thank goodness we had a few nice days to melt off the snow so they could go find some of their own food again instead of raiding the feeders constantly. Robins have been spotted already and the wrens are...
Mar 3, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
This is one of the three deer ( I call them the Three Stooges ) that come through the yard almost every day – morning and evening. Tonight I noticed them all up close to the house digging through the partially melted snow. The sun was getting ready to go...
Feb 19, 2014 | Camping, Great Outdoors, What's Happening
Today got up to a balmy 60 degrees so I skipped out of work a bit early and opened up the camper. At the end of last season, from our single trip we made, it was quite a mess. We’ve purchased a lot of items for the camper and they all just kind of got thrown...
Jan 6, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
We try to feed the birds more in the winter time than in the summer. We feed in the summer too, because we just like watching the birds while we sit on the porch, but we always ensure they have seed and suet throughout the winter, especially when there is snow and...
Nov 3, 2013 | Camping, Great Outdoors, What's Happening
Click here for all trip photos.This weekend we had our maiden voyage out in the new Jayco Eagle camper with the three dogs at Starve Hollow State Recreation Area in Vallonia, Indiana just outside of Seymour. The park was absolutely beautiful with all the trees in...