Joy of Country Living

Spectacular blooming sage ‘tree’ bush filled with butterflies and hummingbirds.

Snakes aren’t exactly my idea of    ‘joy of country living’  but they are a  fact of country life.   Aside from my own recent experiences with snakes, I’ve talked to several people who have also encountered snakes while working in their yards.   When I received an email from a friend this morning about the increase in [...]

Since most of my week is spent in front of the computer – I always look forward to getting outside  and the weekend wasn’t a disappointment.  I always marvel a the color and size of  hydrangeas.  I have 3 large bushes and considering they’ve  been transplanted several times since we moved here – it’s a [...]

They say if you live long enough your bound to see (hear?) everything.  So I pose the question, “Do frogs scream?”.    Over the weekend I was stunned  to see a Ribbon Snake by the back gate with a mighty grip on a small frog.  Just as my foot hit the pavement – I saw the [...]

The weather today is perfect!  If you close your eyes you can almost imagine you are in either Colorado or California.  So it’s outside for me.  I’ve been wanting to clean out the daylily beds and today is the day. When we moved to the country I wanted to have as close to a maintenance free yard as possible [...]