Cool Drink

Time to refill the bird bath. Temps are supposed to go back up in the 80's again. Gotta keep the customers, such as this male American G...

Phoebe's Ice Cream

Blogger Phoebe, here. For my 1st birthday party, I invited my brother, Polo, to go for ice cream. Our local farm stand has great ice cream a...

Happy Birthday Phoebe

Happy 1st Birthday Phoebe! Today we will take you, and your brother, Polo, out for "doggie ice cream" to celebrate your birthday. ...

Tiger Swallowtail

Today, in the garden, a beautiful Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly nectaring on purple Verbena flowers. Photo @ Lillian Stokes, 2007

Morning Coffee

Cedar Waxwing This is where we sit each morning, weather permitting, and have our coffee. This morning Phoebe, our Corgi, was still sleepy a...

Arctic Tern

A few years ago we went out to Seavy Island, NH, to view and photograph the nesting tern colony there where there were about 2,500 pairs of ...

Hummingbird Ride

This little male Ruby-throated Hummingbird surveys his kingdom from the top of our 'Great Blue Heron' weathervane. He watches our ya...