The early morning sun highlights the wings of an adult bald eagle visiting Eighty Acres. In 1963 the bald eagle was on the Endangered...

Foxes are omnivores. They eat meat, such as rodents, rabbits and birds, as well as fruits and bugs. This red fox seemed a bit irritated...

During the damp cold night, the Earth Mother sprinkled hoar frost upon Eighty Acres. The frost hugged each stem, branch and blade of...

High in the sky above Eighty Acres, snowflakes formed. Each flake chose its own path downward as it swirled, danced, dipped, and finally...

Whether we call it a sunset, sundown, dusk, evening, twilight, nightfall, or simply the end of the day, it is always a magical time. A...

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...

The Earth Mother sends her eastern bluebirds back to Eighty Acres around April first. They soon begin constructing their nests and will...

As the sun melted the snow, the Earth Mother's tears slowly slid downward and froze into a shimmering icy stalactite. Sometimes there...

Sunset on Eighty Acres. Time to quietly reflect upon each day's many blessings. Today I thank the Earth Mother for the peace She gave me...

Numerous shelf fungi protrude from this Eighty Acres birch tree. Shelf fungi attacked the interior hardwood of this tree, causing the...

A late November wet snow fell during the early morning hours covering the Eighty Acres landscape in a heavy white soggy blanket. The...

Monday evening and this beautiful sunset and cloud formation came to rest for a few moments on Eighty Acres' western horizon. ...

Maple leaves float on a small pool of water on Eighty Acres. During this time of year the birds and animals visit the pool to sip the...

To celebrate the end of each fall season, the Earth Mother dresses in her finest clothes. From her closet she searches for the boldest...

The Earth Mother's night light burned bright throughout the night casting long dancing shadows on the landscape below. Near morning, the...

The Earth Mother dressed in all gray this morning, as a heavy wet fog hung over Eighty Acres. While I was sitting quietly in my photo...

This week the milkweed seed pods burst open and the silky parachutes were swept away in the breezes and gently landed throughout Eighty...

The Earth Mother revealed one more of her secrets to me this past week. Pictured above are the berries of the Jack-In-The-Pulpit flower...

This beautiful growth of toadstools on Eighty Acres reminded me of the mysterious Smurf Village that few people have ever seen. On this...