No, not the movement for gender equality, though there is that.  But our peach tree!  You may recall a post awhile back recounting the tragic story of our tree’s close encounter with a restless-toothed beaver.  Last year it was chomped down to an ugly stub.  It seemed unlikely to recover, but like many things in life, it surprised us.  Soon, this [...]

It is a well-known fact that groundhogs frequent gardens, but as many gardeners will tell you, they are not there to admire your begonias or to comment politely, but needlessly, on “how well the zuchinnis and squash are coming in.”  Aside from the exceptional melancholy artistic-type groundhogs who sit quietly in the corner sketching still lifes, groundhogs [...]

When I first went out today, it was late morning.  The heat was mounting and the animals were in a sedentary state.  The goats rested in a thoroughly shady spot under a cluster of trees in the yard.
The sheep have decided that one of their favorite cool spots is on the cement under the back porch. [...]

A year ago, prior to putting up a wooden privacy fence, we hired a small company to take down a dead tree, but not to haul it away.  Heavy as they were, the remains of that tree were not moved for some time.  It was like a funeral that never ended, a community of bereaved logs dressed as stumps paying [...]

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Nothing brands the memory more like fresh blood on white snow.  A few months ago my friend (and fellow blogger here) discovered his favorite rooster dead.  At first, the death appeared to be from natural causes.  Jorge’s lifeless body [...]

Divine intervention may be keeping our fruit trees and bushes alive for now, but that doesn’t mean the beaver isn’t around.  I spotted this piece of work just today (April 11th).  It’s only a matter of time before providence loses interest in our peach tree and the beaver becomes attracted to it along with several [...]

You might remember awhile back that I planted several fruit trees, a few of which have suffered the assaults of a certain local beaver.  The peach tree, which was gnawed down to pathetic, little stump was particularly disheartening.  I didn’t think it would come back, but happily in the short span of one year it [...]

After the DC area got hit with another massive snow storm, my mind turned to the upcoming spring and summer.  Despite what the groundhog says, spring is fast approaching.  Soon the crocus will bloom, then the daffodils and hyacinths, the garden will be planted, chicks will hatch, and the warmth will return.
It is hard to [...]

Strangely enough, the air was warmer in the West Virginian mountains than it was in southern Maryland.  The sky was clear and the sun strong, two contributing factors to the glowing radiance of the dying leaves around us.  As the feeble, gray clunker hobbled ever upwards over cumbersome potholes, little grunts emerged from the backseat [...]

Overcast.  Gray.  Drizzly.  I thought today would be a miserable day.  Then I walked outside to the unexpected warmth of a nice spring day juxtaposed with the kaleidoscopic ambiance only an autumn day can bring.   October has a few tricks up its sleeve after all.