Red Fox on the Run
“The good man is the friend of all living things” – Mahatma Gandhi We had just finished our breakfast and were headed for a seat on the front porch to enjoy one more cup of coffee before we set about … Continue reading →
Bluebird Bath
“The bluebird carries the sky on his back” – Henry David Thoreau The signs of spring are literally springing up everywhere. I can’t help but think the fields look greener at every glance. Each day I recognize new bird songs. Yesterday … Continue reading →
Gnawty Black Squirrel
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads” Henry David Thoreau The 60th anniversary of the black squirrel being introduced to the Kent State University campus will be celebrated in 2021. Maybe not celebrated by you … Continue reading →
Beautiful Male Crossbill Visits
“May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.” Rainer Maria Rilke While we enjoy our regular winter feathered visitors to our feeders, it’s always a treat … Continue reading →
Ann Arbor’s Fustini’s Oils and Vinegars
Your first thought is that Fustini’s is probably someone’s name. I thought so myself after visiting the Fustini’s Oils and Vinegars shop in the Kerrytown Historic Market District, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After digging a little deeper, I discovered that … Continue reading →
Door County’s Rowleys Bay Resort
If you were to glance over a map of Wisconsin, it might be easy to overlook the little slip of land that is the Door Peninsula. But, once you’ve ventured out onto the peninsula, you won’t overlook it again. About … Continue reading →
Grandma’s Swedish Bakery Cardamom Coffee Cake Recipe
Grandma’s Swedish Bakery Recipe Often called “The Cape Cod of the Midwest,” Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula is a 75-mile point of land that extends out between Lake Michigan and the Bay of Green Bay. At about 18 miles wide at the … Continue reading →
December in Door County Wisconsin
Forget those big box stores, and shopping for the same old things year after year. Give yourself a special Christmas gift by doing your holiday shopping in the winter wonderland that is Door County, Wisconsin. Not even Scrooge could have … Continue reading →
Kestrel Cam is up and Running
For the past five or six years, we’ve had a camera in our American Kestrel nest box. It’s been great fun each spring as we turn into peeping Tom’s, sneaking peeks into the secretive world of these beautiful little falcons … Continue reading →
The Maple Sap Run
“A sap-run is the sweet good-bye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.” John Burroughs, Signs and Seasons, 1886 “When made in small quantities—that is, quickly from the first run of sap … Continue reading →