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Seeking the Dark Sky
When traveling we often deliberately seek a place with a dark sky. Why? Well, we love the beauty of stars, planets, and our own moon. Enjoying the night sky also helps us track the seasons and maintain our skills of allowing our eyes to adjust to the dark so we see...
Meet Buffy Fluffy(TM) the Buff Cochin
Buffy Fluffy (TM) is a buff Cochin that lives with her flockmates at Winding Pathways. She is comical, friendly, and has wise observations.
Oak Tree Lesson In Healing
A backyard black oak tree recently taught us about healing. Both of us have had surgeries during the past year, and an assortment of scratches and cuts over the decades. Recovery from surgeries seemed slow. We were impatient. Discovery Yields An Idea One day, when...
How Long Do Wild Animals Live?
How old do wild animals live? Don’t take out an insurance policy on them!
Winter Squash
Winter squash is just plain wondrous. One snowy December evening we dined on butternut squash as blowing snow swished by outside our window. Eating squash we had grown during last summer’s’ balmy days lets us extend our home-grown food for a full year. We’ll eat last...
Seed Swaps
SEED SWAPS A FUN WINTER GARDENING EXPERIENCE. January 31, 2026, is SEED SWAP DAY. It’s on our planner, and we are headed for a fun weekend in Decorah, Iowa, to take in the swap. According to the Seed Saver’s Exchange seed swaps have been happening for at least 10,000...
Magical Fog
When we looked out our windows on the morning of December 27, we saw……. nothing! Well, we saw magical fog. It was so magical that it obscured the nearby houses and stores we normally see. Fog made us feel like we lived in a remote area and reminded us of Carl...
Walking Safely On Ice
We love being outside even when the weather is awful and the world is icy. It doesn’t keep us inside but, we do a few things to help us walk safely in an icy world. Orthopedics' "Delight" Ice makes walking treacherous. Orthopedic physicians are busy during icy periods...
Labyrinth Walks 2025
A variety of labyirnth walks filled out 2025 with joy, sorrow, laughter and Grace.
Nests Appear Like Magic
When autumn’s spectacularly colored leaves drift by our windows they signal the end of a season. That's also the beginning of a new season - when nests appear like magic. A few years ago we sat on the front deck as leaves tumbled off a nearby maple. “What’s that big...
Cataract Surgery Re-Visited
Sometimes a follow-up surgery is needed to remove growth under the cataract lenses.
Do Solar Arrays Save Money?
We’ll soon celebrate the 10th anniversary of our solar electric system. Did our decade-old solar arraays investment save money? The short answer is YES! Here’s the back story. Our system is small with only nine panels on the barn’s roof. When we had it installed our...
Chestnuts Roasting By An Open Fire
As Christmas approaches, nearly every American radio station will play the familiar "The Christmas Song" commonly called "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire." The song was written by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé in 1945 and made famous by the Nat King Cole Trio....
Where Do Bucks Hide?
One early November day we watched an enormous whitetail buck saunter across our yard. Seeing big bucks during their short mating season is common, but where do they hide the rest of the year? Does and Young Always Around It’s perplexing. We see does and fawns in all...
Mural Trails
Take a tour of wall murals in and around your neighborhood and town. These fun, funky, and informative works of art brighten our days.
Autumn – Changing of the Guard
Take in the autumnal changes and delight in nature’s variety.