I stumbled across some beautiful quartersawn American Sycamore recently, which inspired me to turn it into a box. The wood is from Green...

I realize that I haven't posted anything here since Memorial Day. It being Labor Day Weekend and all, I guess summer is officially over....

Spring is here and summer is fast approaching. Below are some recent photos of just a few of my favorite things.

Spring migration is in full swing as the plant and insect life blossoms and provides food and shelter for the birds. Spring return dates...

Wow! Spring has arrived and the birds are busting out their brightest and most vibrant colors of the year. We had our first visit by a...

The Cats of the Esker We adopted two stray cats in January and are slowing attempting to domesticate them. Ash and Maslow are about seven...

After a bleak few weeks of early spring weather we finally had two days of sunshine. You know what that means? Yes, quality time outdoors...

This has been one of the mildest winters that I can recall and lately it feels like spring has arrived early. On February 27, we had a...

Lanterns are my favorite type of wood project to build and black walnut is my favorite wood species. But until now, I'd never built a...

Under the watchful eye of Ed the Peace-Out Frog, I built a couple of new wishing frames in the Birdlab this week.

I rarely take my cameras out birding in late December and early January. Why? Well, during this time of year the skies are either dark or...

With the end of Daylight Saving Time on November 5th, the dark season has officially begun. With each day, we see less and less of the...

In 1861, Emily Dickinson wrote a poem titled, "Hope is the thing with feathers". It's a poem about eternal hope which can be seen in...

We finished out the summer U.P. trip with visits to Marquette on the shores of Lake Superior and the mouth of the Cut River on Lake...

In late September we visited Michigan's Drummond Island to see the largest remaining high quality alvar in North America. "Alvar" is a...

We recently spent three nights at the Last Chance Lakehouse in Hessel, Michigan. It was a beautiful home located across the street from...

Sugar Cube Power Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) and Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) my grabbed my full attention...

A Midwest Tropical Storm descended on Hogsback Acre on the evening of August 24th. The powerful winds, rain, and strobe-like lightning...

We visited Allegany State Park in western New York from August 11th through the 13th. Despite my long history of tent camping, this was...

A quarter inch of rain and some cooler days did nothing to stop the drought, but it allowed us to take a day off from watering all of the...