My Minnesota

I was distressed that the city’s ditch mower had knocked out every milkweed plant growing between our driveway and the field entrance on our...

Snow is melting. Cloudy skies have some thin spots and patches of blue even. It’s almost Easter weekend. There are enough good things happen...

It is the season of drowning bees, when many wasps and hornets and bees gather at the sugar water feeders. Some get greedy and force their w...

Today’s posting will be short, I’ve been busy with other things, and maybe not entirely sweet, I’m annoyed at members of the environmental c...

This is Minnesota, North Country. Although we’re a few days away from the end of September, I’ve seen a couple of reports of snow in the vic...

Pardon me for playing with part of a basic manifesto for the tv series The X-Files, but it seems to fit really well with today’s celebration...

Yesterday we mentioned trilliums and lilacs. This morning we were pleasantly surprised to discover trilliums we hadn’t previously noticed gr...

Yesterday, around sunset, a tom turkey honored us with a mating display in the field behind the house. Only one hen has been seen from time ...

If you have a pet, go hug him or her or both. If you don’t have a pet, see if you can borrow one. Today is National Pet Day , so we start wi...

On this Veterans’ Day, let US proudly remember all the soldiers’ sacrifices. Let US bow our heads to honor them and thank them for everythin...

Yesterday I saw a couple of bees checking out the few blossoms left. This coming Friday, for the  first time locally this season, there’s sn...

Several days ago we noted the appearance of what we hoped were spotted horsemint blossoms. Today we're happy to report that our hopes h...

Do you remember the beginning of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring , the  Fable for Tomorrow ? There was a strange stillness. The birds, for...

Memorial Day is the day after tomorrow. Tuesday is the official start of meteorological Summer. Mid-day on this Memorial weekend Saturday, t...

Most of the blossoms on our pear tree are gone. More and more of the dandelions have turned to fluff and seeds. We're several weeks from...

It's World Bee Day ! Today bees, pollinators, and many other insects are declining in abundance. This day provides an opportunity for...

After spending some time dragging a harrow around to start to knock down some pocket gopher mounds, I sat for several minutes watching our b...

About this time in August, several years ago we took the photo below at the entrance to Wild River State Park. The lavender blooms are, we ...