Talk about an accelerated timeline for picking and storing our apples – the moment the colder nights began, our apples all got ripe at once so off to picking and storing we went. Guess who will be making apple cobblers? [...]
As the weather continues to cool we have redoubled our attempts to help Skinny the hairless raccoon with food and hopefully some shelter. Our first ‘perfect’ location was tucked in a mountain nook and between the Chauffeur’s Quarters and the [...]
Our two little raccoon families visit at least once per night and all the little dudes have gotten quite confident in climbing for the jelly and the goodies on the feeding platform in the tree. These two youngsters were so [...]
The exquisite little cold weather beauty took center stage on a recent overcast and rainy day. The cooling temperatures have caused all the white roses to be tipped with a rosy glow. [...]
This year has blessed us with two raccoon families, one with three youngsters and one sporting four little dudes. They are also visiting some neighbors just down the driveway on the Boardwalk so they apparently have created quite the little [...]
A barefoot, dirt-digger shouldn’t have a favorite season of the year but I must confess, that fall may be our favorite. Cooling temperatures, tempered rays of afternoon sunshine, a crispness in the air, and typically inky black starlit night [...]
Loving the myriad of critters that share this property with us, sometimes we need to set some boundaries to ensure harmony is maintained as well as our beloved green guys AND not lastly, our safety. We tend the bees [...]
In the past, we traditionally planted castorbeans gifted to us by our holiday decorating friend, Ann and 15 years ago was our zenith with a castorbean plant maybe 10’ tall covered in blossoms and resembling some exotic Steven Speilberg [...]
Talk about an object lesson is staying in the ‘now’ and being mindfully observant of our daily gifts, we discovered last week that the 7th of the cereus buds had fallen off and then this morning right after daybreak [...]
Talk about stocking up for winter, look who is busier than tics on a dog building his winter larder. . .
