the art garden

black-capped chickadee Looking for something fun to do this weekend?  Even if your garden is covered in piles of snow or ice, you can st...

snowbirds

I love me a good garden tour, so when I heard about the Chicks on the Ridge tour in my own little city/suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, I w...

My favorite dragonfly is here to celebrate . . .  happy Independence Day!

fox squirrel enjoying my Fraxinus americana 'Autumn Purple' This American Red Squirrel   Fox Squirrel is one of many that cal...

Once my heart stopped pounding from the shock of almost stepping on this big fat guy, I grabbed my camera for a few quick shots. a hornwo...

Gotcha!

Look what I found or, rather, what found me:  Can you believe the beautiful iridescence and bits of gold? When in flight around my little p...

A snakeskin, spruce cones and flicker feathers. An owl "barf ball" (my term!), animal jaw bone and sand-cast tracks...all part of...

It's time. Kyoto has been in quarantine now for over two weeks. Despite daily dosage with a "prescribed" medication, he has...

Base of birdfeeder Something unusual happened in the garden last week. I thought it was interesting, so I've decided to share it with y...

It's gotten a wee bit colder since our koi, Kyoto, went into quarantine last Friday (see previous post). We had a couple of days of lig...

Gathering the tools We recently realized that one of our koi, my favorite in fact, had a wound that was not healing. We've been pretty...

The new year came in bright and chilly, perfect for a walk around Sloan's Lake for a bit of birding. Binoculars and ID book in hand, ...

Fox tracks this morning now nearly obliterated by a very curious cat!