The Yard has invited fall to return and the return is glorious. We have been blowing leaves off the deck since early September and the opening canopy has provided progressively more light for me to work with. As mentioned, summer … Read More
The Yard is just incredible in that there is always a plethora of flying life in all colors crisscrossing and stopping for a quick snack on seed. In a previous entry I mentioned we had attracted a Field Mouse and … Read More
We have a new critter in the Yard, a Field Mouse. Seems my Cinderella (Anna), who said “I do” to me 50 years ago this month, has accepted the mouse as part of the Yard family. As long as the … Read More
Our property is alive. Not just in the plant livingness sense, it’s also alive in the vibration sense. I have always had a kinship with trees and plants, especially when I feel a need to touch trees that I am about … Read More
In two previous entries for the Backyard Life I made mistakes. The two incorrect entries were in Born Interloper and “Grandmother.” We subsequently learned that the bird in the Born Interloper entry was not a Blue jay but rather a Tufted Titmouse. … Read More
When a Butterfly lands on a flower does it know the experience of pain and worry? Is it consumed with the trappings of daily life? Is it nothing more than a higher form of stone without thought, feeling, just an … Read More
As expected our daily Blue jay visitor has sloughed-off the large wing feather that looked like a vertical stabilizer for a few days. Our Unruffled Feather friend still flies beautifully and it is a pleasure watching the bird swoop back … Read More
Seems we all get Ruffled Feathers at one time or another. Such is the case with our favorite Blue jay visitor who stopped for sustenance. The additional vertical stabilizer did not create a problem moving around the yard, in fact … Read More
It’s been just beyond two months since Anna came to me and told me she wanted her Yard back. In a previous entry I mentioned Anna had just come through protracted recuperation from several medical issues, and what She has … Read More
I have been a photographer for many years and have traveled quite a bit to find the subjects that interested me or that I needed for a job. Anna’s Yard had been an eye opener for me because all the … Read More