My Minnesota

It’s been a productive day. The Better Half and I acquired resident (MN) fishing licenses to go with yesterday’s acquisition of non-resident...

It’s the time of year when many waterfowl, such as Canada geese, are molting. Several years ago, before the county rebuilt the bridge on Hwy...

As the dogs and I were taking their after lunch walk along the road today, we got yelled at. No, not by an irate motorist but by a pair of s...

This morning, as we drove through the Carlos Avery marshes along county road 36, we saw: three Canada geese (in the air) one swan (in the ai...

Morning wind chill in low teens; not what we expect in mid-October, even here in the North Country. Brings us to a version of “it’s not the ...

Summer’s gone. By week’s end, September will join the past and October will hold the near future. Tomorrow is World Rivers Day and this morn...

We picked up this morning our first autumn share of the Community Supported Agriculture [CSA] program of which we’re members. In the box wer...

My favorite time of year usually starts when the local New England asters come into bloom and lasts through leaf fall on the maples. (Our lo...

The water is very high in theSunrise River pools along highway 36 in the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area [WMA]. In fact, it’s high eno...

We have seen the end of (meteorological) spring and the start of summer. Astronomically speaking we won't celebrate the Summer Solstice ...

We're pleased to report that both ponds up the road are now ice free. Open water season is beginning. We've seen speculation that ic...

Today's posting will be brief. This morning we got our second shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Despite being only slightly sup-par so far, we w...

After dutifully changing the oil and filter in the tractor this morning, we're listening to the second CD in the Joni Mitchell Archives ...

Probably the season, and the unsettled weather, had a lot to do with the number and kinds of wildlife we saw this morning as we drove to pic...

Once again it's been several days since we've seen any ruby-throated hummingbirds at the nectar feeders. Add to that  the drop in te...

 In my life, I have seen few things more majestic and stirring than a skein of Canada geese in flight. Nor have I seen many things much more...

Welcome to June, the month of and for: whitetail fawns Canada goose goslings wildflowers thunderstorms Summer solstice father's d...