Deaf Dogs and Benevolent Gnomes

This isn't the first occasion we've had the pleasure of seeing a Pileated Woodpecker around the homestead, BUT this was the first ti...

The beets are beginning to require attention again this year. We don't grow beets ourselves, but my parents have them in their garden a...

When I was in college, and for a few years after graduation, I lived with one of my good college friends, Sue, who is Hmong . Now Sue was ve...

I realize that it's been a while since I posted any picture of my awesome little nephew back in California.  This is certainly no way fo...

Shaak Ti is an odd duck, as evidenced by her Plant Friend interactions . But it goes so much farther than that. Another good example of her ...

Here's a follow-up to our man vs. deer story , as reported in the Grand Forks Herald on Friday, Sept. 21. ‘Billy’ the buck had been i...

The Grand Forks Horticulture Society had their Annual Garden tour back in late July and I'm just getting around to posting pictures of i...

In honor of Deaf Dog Awareness Week (September 16 - 22), we thought we would make you aware of some of our dogs' strange habits... Sha...