Wildlife in the urban garden
I’ve written in a previous blog how much I love dragonflies. This year, I caught a great photo of a similar brown dragonfly sitting on a stake I’ve used to mark where I planted some stonecrop that I moved from my shady front yard to the full sun of my backyard.
Black squirrel in Nebraska
In the Before Times, I recorded this video of a jet-black squirrel in the parking lot of a senior community in Lincoln, Nebraska.
White squirrel in the ’burbs
On the way to a curbside giveaway in a Minneapolis suburb, I saw a white squirrel among a group of ducks. I pulled over, got out my smartphone and tried to creep up on the squirrel to take a video.
Rainbow goddesses rising
Iris is the goddess of the rainbow, and she lends her name to a family of flowers prized for their colorful beauty.
More early bloomers
There’s more early bloomers happening in my garden, including grape hyacinths and violets.
A native wildflower blooms
The latest bloom from my garden is the native wildflower hepatica.
Spring’s trying to be sprung
A photo of the first flower of the year in my garden heralds hope for spring.