I recently read an article about how to attract more chickadees to your yard. I realized that over the last […]

Something to Hoot About
We have lived in this house for almost two years now. The first winter we had one night where we […]

Having Houseguests for a Month
When my brother Russell had mentioned that they were selling their house and moving into another, I had casually mentioned […]

Life in the Country Can be Buggy
If you read and follow my blog, you know how much I am enjoying life in the country. There is […]

The Year of the Mushrooms
We have had a good amount of rain in our area this summer. Everything is a lush green from the […]

Spray Paint Art: Planets, Eyes and Landscapes
The last few times we have had a fire at our fire pit, I have been sitting in a folding […]

A Man Gets Creative Left Alone in His Workshop
While I have been busy berry picking daily for the last couple weeks, my husband has seized the opportunity of […]

Saskatoon Berry Picking Reveals Other Treasures
In the spring, when the Saskatoon bushes flowered, I could tell that there would be a lot of berries this […]

The Elusive Ghost Bird
This spring and last spring, in the morning and the evening, we would often hear a bird with the oddest […]

If You Build it They Will Come
I found some bird house dimensions in a wood working magazine that my husband used to subscribe to. Birds actually […]