A Murmuration Of Starlings

by Beca on January 13, 2012

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Even if you have seen this before, this is awesome enough to watch it again.

A short film that follows the journey of two girls in a canoe on the River Shannon and how they stumble across one of nature’s greatest phenomenons; a murmuration of starlings.



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Ninja Chipmunk Still At Large

by Beca December 22, 2011

Pin it I confess, we actually stopped trying to catch him. Instead I just put everything in our kitchen into those plastic containers with the snap lids. Actually it just gave me an excuse to do it, cause I like my food stuff all tucked away neatly like that. However – yes there is an [...]

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Mexican Corn Bread

by Beca November 13, 2011

Pin it Here’s the cornbread recipe as promised. I didn’t name this cornbread. My friend Dorothy did, and I had it for the first time way back when I was alone for Thanksgiving and she invited me and a friend to have Thanksgiving with her family. It was wonderful! I loved this dish and asked [...]

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Butternut Squash, Leek, Coconut Soup

by Beca November 3, 2011

Pin it We didn’t grow these this year, but after making this soup .. we just might try a vine next year! I was inspired to give it a try after eating Villa Maria’s delightful butternut squash soup. (It is where we hold The 12th Gathering) The Butternut Squash Soup I make is a combination [...]

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Chipmunk Update

by Beca November 1, 2011

Pin it Chipmunk update! No we still haven’t caught it (or them). (Read post about chipmunk here.) Really we haven’t tried very hard, although we did get some advice from a real seal team guy who told Del hilarious stories of trying to live trap animals who simply turned the trap upside down and took [...]

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Crocuses And Fall

by Beca October 11, 2011

Pin it Arriving home after being away for six days at The 12th Gathering was like being away a whole season. It was the beginning of fall when we left, but while we were gone the trees changed colors and leaves had dropped to the ground, starting that lovely patchwork carpet they create every year. [...]

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Fall Fun

by Beca September 22, 2011

Pin it This partly a garden post, and partly about something we have done the past few years in September, that I always enjoy – because it is so simple! First the garden! This time of year I love walking the garden to prune. Today I cut down the lilies, and many of the iris [...]

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Summer’s End

by Beca September 13, 2011

Pin it Strange that my last post was at the height of summer, and now – a month later – everything is winding down. Time moves so slowly in some ways and so fast in others! The Cinnamon Ferns are gone, leaving behind their spore-bearing stems, which to me should be the reason they are [...]

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Garden Update

by Beca July 15, 2011

Pin it It’s easy to see it’s summer! Ears of corn have started to grow on the first corn we planted. The yellow squash and peas are abundant, and some cool ‘easter-egg’ squash is growing. Plus the bright colors of sunflowers, echinacea, black-eyed susans, and even some lilies remain. There are a lot more things [...]

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Find The Toad

by Beca July 10, 2011

Pin it Del has been getting our winter firewood ready. He keeps a long fence of cut firewood for the future. During the summer and early fall he stacks the firewood that we will use this winter into our lean-to so that it has time to dry out. He also usually has a pile of [...]

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Mid-Summer Garden

by Beca June 26, 2011

Pin it Even if the weather does not always co-operate, the garden will always tell you the real season. I know it is mid-summer when all the bright flowers, like lilies, start to bloom. Of course the calender says the summer has just begun, but all gardeners know that it is really mid-summer. With all [...]

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Matchy – Matchy In The Garden

by Beca June 16, 2011

Pin it Color in the garden. It is one of my favorite things about it. I love walking out each day to see what has bloomed, and what colors have made their appearance that I can marvel over. There is one thing that always both surprises and delights me – when colors on one plant [...]

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Peonie’s and Hoops

by Beca June 9, 2011

Pin it When we moved into our home a few years ago we inherited many peony bushes. I had never grown them before so I was astonished at how big they got and how easy they are to break apart and move to different parts of the yard. I also love the lovely scent of [...]

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