Medlar fruits

Fruits of November

Wind, rain, fog – wild weather! Piles of leaves, lots of bird action, and So. Many. Fruits! In November! Gotta Love It!

Pie Cherries

Abundant July

July goes crazy with cherries, berries, herbs, and flowers – abundant everything everywhere! July weather, hungry crows, lots of pretty photos, and 4 bucks with velvet antlers hanging out in the backyard! Perhaps it’s all a bit much?

Rising moon from a backyard tent

Why I Like to Sleep Outside on a Hot Summer Night

We feel like kids sleeping outside in a tent in our own backyard! But then there are the peacocks at 4 am … and the full moon like a flashlight in your face … Still – we wait all year for nights like this!

Bumblebee in catmint

May Daze, May Flowers, and Mayhem

In May, birds are busy feeding fledglings, everything is blooming at once, the air is filled with bees and cottonwood fluff, and we are being invaded by peacocks.

Birdfeeders under snow

February Flurries and Furies

February: Nature decides to have one last fling with Winter. The days get longer, the winds blow stronger. Rain, snow, pockets of sun, 50 shades of gray. Hawks, doves, opossums, and the promise of spring! It’s crazy out there!

Red berries of the Berberis shrub

On the Edge of Winter in the Garden

A photo tour of what is growing at Barbolian Fields while I try to get some leaves raked up and put down for mulch, but mostly just get sidetracked!