Deaf Dogs and Benevolent Gnomes

Many of our good readers have no idea that your fearless blogger just celebrated a milestone birthday. Yes, not only does John build hills ...

I was sitting on the front porch a few days back enjoying a warm Spring morning, watching the usual birds on the feeders and on the lookout...

Over the weekend we made our annual visit to Bergeson Nursery in Fertile, MN. My mom and dad also came along to see what goodies they could...

This handsome/pretty pileated woodpecker showed up at our feeder this morning. We saw pileated woodpeckers almost daily for a two month-...

Spring is officially here in North Dakota.  Trees have started breaking buds, hostas are up, and various plants are about to start throwing...

On Satu rday Alycia participated in the Grand Forks Dog Jog, a 5k jog/walk fundraiser for the Circle of Friends Humane Society. Given that...

I started some seeds a few weekends back, the anticipation of Spring is palpable and I can't wait to actually start planting things in ...

Shadowfax had a tremendous playtime session in the back yard, fetching basketballs and sprinting to a fro.  She needed a moment to lay down...