My Minnesota

Purple loosestrife and wild cucumber are blooming conspicuously around damp and wet areas. Sandhill crane colts have reached nearly full g...

May all Mothers and families enjoy a peaceful day full of warm memories. May we all wish for many happy returns of the day. May this May avo...

A mile or two up the road, I used to enjoy looking at a cluster of prairie smoke ( Geum triflorum ) in bloom in May or June. It's been a...

April is the month of poetry of snow melt of snow fall of the return of ducks, geese, swans, and of herons and cranes, and of red-win...

Today is Palm Sunday and next Sunday is Easter, for those who celebrate. Yesterday was the third (inter)national  No Kings protest. (The Be...

Yes, thank you, I have almost recovered from the Spring cold I started coming down with last weekend. Also, once again, the snow cover has f...

Today is the Ides of March . Tuesday will be St. Patrick's Day. Friday is the Vernal Equinox, at 9:46 am locally. As I'm writing thi...

Yesterday Saturday's snow melted back to bare ground. Several inches more is currently in the forecast for next weekend. Maybe the forec...

There appears to be a relative abundance of hummingbirds at the nectar feeders with some trying to scare others away. Parents trying to prot...

We’re close to mid-April this Palm Sunday. Here in the North Country, April is a time of snow showers and wild flowers. Wild turkeys begin m...

We have once again survived the conversion to daylight savings time. Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day. We wish a happy one to those who celebra...

Today is the penultimate day of September 2024. Haven’t seen a hummingbird at the feeder all week. Wasps and/or hornets are about everywhere...

As of 7:43 this morning, local time, we are into full autumn, if not fully into autumn. The equinox has occurred but the season has not matu...

It's Labor Day weekend here in Minnesota. The weather is turning autumnal. Thanks to the Better Half, there's a couple of pots of as...

A few days ago we started to notice leaves had begun to change color. First were the sumac leaves in red. Plus, there were hints of color in...

Yesterday, the first hummingbird of the year, a female ruby-throated, showed up at the nectar feeder. Today, I noticed an abundance of trees...

Daybreak today brought a crescent moon hanging in a shades of fading deep blue sky. It was about the prettiest dawn and sunrise I’ve ever se...

Our Spring season is repeating many of its typical patterns. The first rose-breasted grosbeak of the season arrived at the feeder today. Bas...

The fuel line shutoff has been turned off on the snow blower. The lawn mower’s electric start batteryis charging. I may even wash the Jeep o...