One month ago the Earth Mother painted Eighty Acres with the red, orange, and yellow colors in her crayon box. But her mood has changed...

Once each year the Earth Mother wraps herself in a brightly colored golden scarf. But seasons change and soon the golden scarf threads...

The Turkey Vulture slides gracefully through the early morning light on Eighty Acres. Our eyes meet as we silently acknowledge and...

Eighty Acres is in its Fall glory with the white birch framing the golden maple leaves. The Earth Mother is dressed in her coat of many...

1000 trees have been planted on Eighty Acres over the past 26 years. Now they frame the Earth Mother's sunsets for me and future...

While walking on Eighty Acres this week, I abruptly stopped, with my face coming within a few inches of this spider's web. The web...

For several days, smoke from numerous western forest fires has brought blood red sunsets to Eighty Acres. It is then the Earth Mother...

Dancing and whirling she announces her arrival dressed in a gown of silky dark gossamer trimmed with red, orange and yellow buttons. She...

During a recent Eighty Acres evening stroll I came upon this Slug resting in my flower garden. I snapped this photo with my macro lens...

She appears each august on Eighty Acres with deep black dome shaped eyes and yellow fingers. I invite her into my home and place her...

Birds like the Indigo Bunting generally put me in a wild dash for my camera and a prayer that I am able to capture it's beauty before it...

After 25 years Eighty Acres is now home to a pair of red-headed woodpeckers. Once common across southern Canada and east-central United...

The Earth Mother gives the daylily blossom no more than twenty four hours to live. But the flower does not regret its fleeting time,...

Washing the dust from its wings, the sparrow slipped into the cool waters in an Eighty Acres' bird bath. It twisted, shook and danced...