Adventures · Cheers

How I became a water whisperer

It has been dry here in Wisconsin.  The grass has gone dormant and the cornfield is curling up into itself.  Everything seems to be craving water.  With the drought, it is a possibility that I have become a water whisperer. Okay, maybe just a self-proclaimed one, but I'm thinking it is so. Thankfully, my flowers… Continue reading How I became a water whisperer

Adventures · Inspiration

Are you a bird watcher, too?

Too early to know...too, too, early to know...will I get the shot or not? Time shall tell. Too slow.   Too fake. Too foggy, but I hear them singing...the birds are out there...somewhere... Too small, just a reflection of me in a tiny water droplet, waiting patiently for a bird to appear. Too bright. Too… Continue reading Are you a bird watcher, too?

Adventures · Inspiration

Farming black and white photo challenges

As I perused my extensive menagerie of photos I've taken over the last year, birds are rarely something I captured.  Birds are generally on the move or in flight.  Or taking a bath. And when I see them, it is usually through a window, so it is hard for me to capture photos of them.… Continue reading Farming black and white photo challenges

Adventures · Emptying the nest

This chick’s getting into empty nesting

Sunday marked the official empty nest's one-week-down mark since our youngest moved away.   It was a beautiful spring day.  So many possibilities...what's an empty nest mom to do? Reflect, of course.  (My gray hair sure has grown in a year...!) As I look back, I'm thinking, "This empty nest thing might be my kind of thing?"… Continue reading This chick’s getting into empty nesting

Adventures

My hummingbird adventures

There I sat, enjoying my dinner, minding my own business, and I heard them arrive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZXLHNFkJxw The pleasant chirps and hums of the hummingbirds fighting over who gets to drink from the feeder first.  Their thin little beaks are so impressive.  The birds weigh in at 1/10 of an ounce themselves and consume twice their… Continue reading My hummingbird adventures