My Minnesota

Well before any hint of dawn this morning, the dogs were walking me along the road and I heard an owl call. It didn’t call my name , but ins...

Yesterday evening we saw dragonflies hovering over the backyard wet spot that is now snow and ice free. Some plants in the front flower gard...

It’s the time of year when  Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop, Blue Giant Hyssop) comes into its own in our neighborhood. It’s difficult t...

 I finally remembered to close one of the “bluebird” bird houses. After posting this I’ll go close the one behind the house and raise the pu...

According to the amphibian foundation, amphibian week began yesterday. The U.S. Park Service joins in the celebration. While working on th...

Last night the Better Half noticed a chorus of peepers and wood frogs. After she told me about it, I stepped onto the deck and heard Spring...

Our morning's snow is typical for this time of year in the North Country, but it triggered a small setback in our gradually brightening ...

First the important news: our early voting ballots have arrived. We (the Better Half plus your friendly local blogger) will soon fill them o...

 This is the weekend for herps . Yesterday we posted about our adventure with a snapping turtle hatchling. Early this morning, while SiSi wa...

 Common milkweed leaves are turning yellow as seed pods form. Ripe cherries drop from a black cherry tree. Some hummingbirds, probably juven...

I don't know what happened to the Northern Plains Blazing Star we planted six or seven years ago. It's disappeared from the thick fr...

From time to time in these blog posts I've mentioned the "wet spot" in our back yard. In Spring-time it's full of frog cho...

Today comes very close to a 10 on the scale of delightful May days. The wild plum and some other bushes are in bloom. Roadsides and some pas...

If we get some cold, rainy weather, I'll spend some time replicating the bar graph in this linked animation:  Northwoods Frog Call Pheno...

It / they started yesterday, or thereabouts. We can't tell if we're hearing  gray treefrogs, Spring peepers, Boreal chorus frogs, wo...

E.E. Cummings' poem about "mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful" refers to Spring time. Our experience suggests those conditions...

Someone, or something, tipped over the recycling barrel last night. The top was still closed tight so there was no mess to pick up. The tras...

We didn't even know there was a National Frog Month until a day or two ago. It comes in April, which is fitting, as that's usually w...