labyrinths

Spring in the Garden: Star Magnolia

Aside from the more prosaic yellow forsythia, one of the earliest bloomers in our garden is our Star Magnolia (Magnolia Stellata). You might wonder why we would...

Reconditioning and Renovating the Labyrinth

It has been a bit of an "off year" for our labyrinth, in part because it is getting a bit overgrown and "tired." One of the problems with having grass paths is ...

World Labyrinth Day 2025: An Excursion

Last weekend, we observed World Labyrinth Day. This is an annual event that takes place on the 1st Saturday in May every year, in which labyrinth enthusiasts an...

Morning Visitor by my Home Office Window!

One of the benefits to having my home office with a ground floor window that faces onto the back yard is that I get a front and center view to much of our local...

Cedar Waxwings — Entry for Feathered Friends — Show Me A Photo Contest Round 174

From a birding perspective, we has a somewhat exciting afternoon the other day when a group of Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) came through our area. They ...

Summertime and Busy Bees!

One of the the things I like most about summertime is the opportunity to watch some of nature's smallest creatures. After a rather long, cold and wet spring and...

Worried Crows — Entry for Feathered Friends — Show Me A Photo Contest Round 165

Been away from bloggish things for a while, but with spring slowly turning into summer, we're spending more time outside, and so it's time to get the camera out...

American Robins — Entry for Feathered Friends — Show Me A Photo Contest Round 149

Been away from doing much photography, and even from blogging for a while... Happy New Year, everyone! We had a recent extreme cold and snow week, and brings ou...

Greater Yellowlegs — Entry for Feathered Friends — Show Me A Photo Contest Round 138

Because we have had a couple of crisp and beautiful autumn days, we have been going for walks around a local pond/lagoon more often. There are some nice walking...

Fungi Friday: Angel's Wing — Pleurocybella porrigens

Yesterday, we went out to one of our large forests to see if we could find any chanterelle mushrooms — it is now close to peak season for them, and since we hav...

Love on a Wire — Entry for Feathered Friends — Show Me A Photo Contest Round 137; "Corvids"

We have quite a large "extended family group" of crows in our neighborhood. Our crows are all-black Northwestern Crows (Corvus caurinus), and they are a noisy a...

An Autumn Walk by the Lagoon — Reflection Hunters Contest - Round 136

We went for a walk in one of our local parks a couple of days back, on what was a very still and sunny autumn day. This particular park surrounds a "lake" of so...

Waiting for Mom — Entry for Feathered Friends — Show Me A Photo Contest Round 128; "Hidden"

On the wall of our garden shed next to the garage, we have a birdhouse box that has been frequented by House Martins (Delichon urbicum) for about six years now....

Join The Feathered Friends Community

This post is kind of promoting the Feathered Friends Community and what benefits bring to you if you post there. Some of you, being members of the community for...

Oceanside Pelicans — Entry for Feathered Friends — Show Me A Photo Contest Round 124

Although we live by the water, it's a sheltered bay, rather than the "real" ocean. A few times a year we like to pile in the car and drive the appropriately two...

Entry for Amazing Nature Contest: FREE TOPIC — #1/7/23 — Bunny Ears in the Afternoon Sun!

When I think about the title of this challenge I often think about the word "amazing" and how to embody that in what I post here. What does amazing really mean?...

Eight Ways to Escape the Abyss (before it’s too late)

People are beginning to wake up en masse. I see it everywhere. Ever growing pockets of humanity are starting to see through and believe less of the bullshit we’...

Entry for Amazing Nature Contest: FREE TOPIC — #2/6/23 — Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth

Time to get outside and see what's happening in the natural world right now; which is a large part of why I like this particular challenge! This is my entry for...

Colorful Garden Visitor — Entry for Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 119

A couple of days ago, we had a very colorful visitor in the garden, and I was fortunate enough to have my camera along to snap a few quick photos before this li...

Entry for Amazing Nature Contest: FREE TOPIC — #5/5/23 — The Beauty of Sol Duc!

One of the things I really enjoy about photography challenges is the opportunity to get outside NOW to see what's there! Although there are 1,000s of images in ...