Lilies nodded their beautiful red heads. Lush ferns blanketed the ground. Water ran down the mountainside in the center of our little hidden patch.
Articles & Stories
Jupiter is so BIG That…
Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system at about 88,800 miles across. That’s big enough to create the amount of gravity needed to clean up many unstable objects that could threaten the Earth.
Learning By Doing, Creating a Backyard Hummingbird Sanctuary
Did you know that hummingbirds could live right in your backyard? With a little effort, you can make a special place for them!
No More Nibbles
Are deer nibbling your young fruit trees? Is your strawberry patch being mowed down by invading deer? Are rabbits eating your tender beet or pea shoots?
Rescue the Perishing
…he glimpsed a desperate sparrow fleeing toward the molasses tank. In through the open lid flew the sparrow, followed in close pursuit by a Sharp-shinned Hawk.
In Which I Made Friends With a Squirrel
What would it be like to have that unapproachable creature come up to me for peanuts? I asked myself.
The Calls of the Wild
Instead of a barking dog, I found a porcupine bristled in a nearby clearing, warning me to stay away. I quickly left the alarmed creature alone. But it wasn’t the first time I have been surprised by the sounds of woodland animals.
Under a Porky’s Pine
Have you ever seen a porcupine fall from a tree? Or seen a porcupine busy feeding in a tree? Winter is a good time to get out and watch that, and a bonus is seeing the gathering of insects around damaged areas.
This is for the Birds!
“Thank you, Mom. That was fun. Now our little friends will have lots of different snacks to eat, and we can reuse the pinecones all winter long!”
Albino
Suddenly my eye caught a bright white spot through a clump of trees away out in a field. An albino white-tailed deer!
My Quest for a Colorful Jumping Spider
When you observe God’s created organisms, like spiders, it’s easy to see that they are so intricate in structure, so amazingly complex in function, and so perfectly designed. Only God can do that!
Auriga
Auriga contains a number of open star clusters; the best three are M36, M37, and M38.
Winter Garden
Snow has fallen liberally, and my garden walks have been quick, leaving boot prints marring the perfect surface of the slowly melting snow.
Glass Ball Photography
I have always been fascinated with light shining through objects and with nature refracted in water drops.
January Birding
“Owl!” I yelped as I quickly swung my binoculars around. We got just a glimpse of the disappearing bird.