Volunteer on a Hot Tin Roof?

Spent yesterday morning on the rooftop of the pavilion at the Arboretum. Temperature: 45 degrees. Wind: 20mph. Weight of pebble bags: 50lbs. No hot tin roof here! Brrr! The rooftop offered up these amazing views of the Arboretum which is leaping into spring no holds barred. Click for a larger version: As you can see [...]

Zip-a-dee Do-dah The Bluebirds Nest

We’ve been keeping the bird feeders full in hopes that someone would move into the birdhouse we have out there. 2 weeks ago we noticed a pair of Eastern Bluebirds hanging around – going in and out of the box. Hummm. Indeed they were busy building this nest: Bonnie and Clyde – our new neighbors! [...]

Tripping Turtles

Well, you know my week wouldn’t be complete without some crazy animal to rescue. As mentioned in the previous article, we’ve had lots of rain lately…and what do I see at the bottom of the steps one evening: Yes, a very grumpy snapping turtle! He wasn’t that big but boy was he agressive. I thought [...]

Baby Fox say what?!

Jenny had just finished cooking up some yummy pancakes when I’m walking near the back door and hear some yelping. Hum. That’s weird. It sounded weird, ya know, different. So I open the door and what do I see but a baby fox! He’s yelping up a storm – apparently wanting some of Jenny’s delish [...]