Over the past month, I've had the pleasure of watching a pair of Eastern bluebirds return to the same nesting box where they have attemp...

Morning bike ride to see the sunrise. Ralph takes one last swim before we drive back to Groveland while I walk along the shoreline, pick up...

I can't remember the last time I used the dishwasher.  It was probably when our adult kids and grandkids were all visiting and a rising ...

I recently drove by my neighbor's field and caught sight of a sandhill crane family.  Mama and Papa Crane were on different sides of the...

I just came in from watching several crows harass an eagle in a tree on our Groveland property. As soon as I heard the bird...

In a recent post ( Pelican and dolphin - Playing together or vying for food? ) I pondered the possible symbiotic relationship between two an...

There's a place on the Indian River side of Bethune Beach where I go to see dolphins, manatees and shorebirds coexisting in a small cove...

I thought I'd be warm enough Thursday morning when I biked to the beach, but I really wasn't.  A cold wind was blowing off the ocean...

It was practically perfect at the beach this morning. Sun rising over an unruffled ocean. Gentle breeze. Calm waves. Smooth sand firm enough...

We've always called them 'black caps' but most people know them as black raspberries.   When Ralph and I lived on Cape Cod,...

Sow thistle is a springtime wildflower that pops up in lawns, fields and roadsides with abandon.  This tall, prickly, yellow-flowered pla...

Looking back through photos I took last week makes me realize how many wildlife encounters can happen without doing much more than biking, r...