When you live as deep in the woods as I do, a few things are bound to happen. One of those things is a close encounter (or two) with...

A sampling of the Louisiana Irises blooming in my garden this spring: LA Iris "Harland K. Riley" LA Iris "Aline Arceneaux" LA Iris...

I stayed up late last night working out the garden plans for the year. Here in Zone 8b, I like to divide the vegetable gardening into...

It's not the most glamorous work, but winter chores are necessary. Besides, any time I can get out in the garden improves my mood, no...

I don't have the time (or the energy, frankly) for a full post today, but I wanted to share a few photos of the flowers blooming in my...

As I continue to struggle with the creeping despair at the state of the world, I take comfort in the little things, like the profound...

A couple of days ago I tackled the herb garden, which still hadn't been cleaned out since the big flood killed everything. Things were in...

Yes, I know the calendar says August (and barely, at that), but the wheel of the year continues to turn. Over the last few days I've...

Living next to a large forest may be a lot of things, but boring is never one of them, and 2016 has, for whatever reason, been...

I'm busy writing and kidding this week (wow, that kind of sounds like I'm hanging out giving birth to baby goats) so it's just photos...

Around here, weekends aren't so much about not working as switching gears. Day job concerns are put aside to focus on nurturing and...

Some photos from the last few days, as photos are about all I've had time for lately. Between spring gardening chores and the Mom's Taxi...

Not much writing has been done in the past few weeks, due to the expected but still sudden arrival of SPRING. Mid February until Mid...

While I've been deep in website updates and general mole-whacking, meteorological spring arrived. Though much of the northern hemisphere...