Magic: Humans Vs Cats Vs Herons

This has been bothering my brain for a couple of months now. In Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie H. Holmberg a man is approaching a house he knows to have magical properties, yet that promised magic does not have a great enough hold on his imagination to allow him to ignore the beauty of…

Disk flowers

I’ve been so proud of myself knowing the difference between disk flowers and ray flowers.

Squirrel Musings

I enjoy squirrels — particularly tree squirrels, but I can say I love chipmunks too (the greedy little cusses). I also love the idea of flying squirrels and I’m lucky to have ever seen one. But the story is about my new neighbors, the red squirrels.

Things Change

I often don’t notice change as it’s happening.

Stumps Fascinate Me

Stumps are a window into the life history of the tree that left them behind.