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Daughter called me this morning. Sadly, Pepper is going to be put down tomorrow. Her bone structure is bad, shoulders, hips and her...

A little neighborly help this morning. Courtney texted the shot I heard was her shooting a raccoon that was after her chickens...

Thank you… having a photo on the home page is a honor

I truly am not one to get thrilled about *pretty garden pictures* given how ubiquitous they are all over social media (and I admittedly...

Me too @flowerbug, I think we have similar weeding practices with scraping the soil so as to prevent drawing up more weeds seeds from...

For my dear friend, who will be partying in the sky as we all cry for him

Around here the crows are noisy and huge trouble makers. They seem to search the area for territory they claim to be theirs. The hawks...

The Sharpshinneds were back recently. In fact, they haven't gone away. It seems that they must have a nest very nearby and they don't...

The weather since June has been AMAZING. I mean, a little hot for the humans, but solid heat in the high 20's low 30's (C) and a good...

This is one of those songs that I will never tire of

@Shades-of-Oregon and everyone. Not to be missed :love

I took a picture of this hollyhock and put a black background so you could really see it. Is this a double bloom hollyhock?

Delphinium time. 🎉 I went looking today at a few greenhouses for the light blue one. Nada. :( This is the first year where I think I...

Three bald-face hornets (or yellow jackets, not gittin close enuf to tell) were in the beets this morning. One was eating a leaf miner...