July 13, 2020. Otisfield, Maine. It was night, it was warm, and I wondered if anything would be visiting the common milkweed planted i...

Please leave me a comment if you still have this blog in your feed reader! I'm thinking of picking this back up again for spring. Shoul...

My last post happened four days before my now 8-month and 8-day-year-old daughter Paige was born.  In that time, we've found our footing...

First, no baby.  Our due date is Monday.  We are anxious. Second, the oak is gone.  It is a giant weight lifted off our shoulders, lit...

When we moved to Worthington in June of 2008, we chose a house with a massive bur oak tree in the backyard.  If you've followed t...

I've used Instagram for quite some time, but I've only recently found my voice there, at least photographically.  If you are a p...

While it may seem hard to believe, each one of these beetles is a member of the species Ceretoma trifurcata . While highly variab...

I've been busy photographing all types of insects for the backyard biodiversity project I've began.  Here are a few things from a we...

I have been taking photographs, but I got out of the blogging routine.  Once you're in, you're in, but when you're out, b...

My kids are loving our "Arbour Adventures" YouTube Channel we've created.  I thought it would last a few videos, but we ju...