Found these lovely young Chicken of the Woods mushrooms this morning. Such bright color they were hard to miss 😆 I have found Chicken of the Woods here before and there are lots of small mushrooms getting

Welcome to my Starting a garden blog Post #23 🌻🙂. I decided to change it up this week and lead with a picture of Blueberry the until oh so recently Monarch caterpillar 🐛. Blueberry emerged from its

Welcome to Windfall Orchard farmstand for #marketfriday hosted by @dswigle 🙂 Windfall Orchard is in Cornwall, Vermont which is in Addison County in east, central Vermont. I don't know about you but this

A new Monarch butterfly! 🦋 as some of you know, we have been working on building some Monarch habitat. Lots of milkweed for the caterpillars but also nectar for the adults. The adults seem to really like

Welcome to my #wednesdaywalk hosted by @tattoodjay. Let's see if I can find something to #makemesmile on this gloomy day. Started off down the gravel road to the blacktop leading to the lake. No sunshine

Welcome to my Starting a garden blog Post #22 🌻🙂 First a flower #alwaysaflower Shasta Daisies are blooming for us right now. This was my wife's late mother's favorite flower so my wife likes to have

This shadow stopped me in my tracks and I thought "Shadow Hunters!" CurlyQ is my entry into Shadow Hunters Round 233. 233! Wow! 👀 Thanks to the crew that keeps Shadow Hunters running 🙏 Here's

I always like to start my post with an eye catching photo 👀 Happy #fungifriday 🍄🙂 I took a Friday foraging trip to southern Vermont and had some luck ☘️ First I found some very young chicken of the

Welcome to my #wednesdaywalk hosted by @tattoodjay. On my walk today I decided to focus on the lake. The lake will always #makemesmile. My lake is Lake Dunmore in Addison County, Vermont. It straddles

Welcome to my Starting a garden Post #21 🌻🙂 I always like to welcome you to my garden with some flower pictures 😍 Today I wanted to share some 2 color Rudbeckia. Some Rudbeckia has two colors - this

Happy Friday and Happy #fungifriday 🍄🙂 Had an awesome mushroom foraging hike! Returned to a spot I harvested a few chantrelles and black trumpet mushrooms (also known as black chantrelles). This is the

Welcome to my #wednesdaywalk hosted by @tattoodjay. Another walk down to Lake Dunmore for me. The view will always #makemesmile. We have had a run of hot, muggy days here in Vermont. I try to make it out

Welcome to my Starting a garden Blog post #20 🌻🙂 My opening flower this week is milkweed #alwaysaflower I left an area of my yard unmowed near my garden to allow some milkweed to grow. The milkweed is

Happy #fungifriday 🍄 I noticed a large brown mushroom this morning and went back to check it out this afternoon. The mushroom is about 6 inches across. I flipped the mushroom over to check the gills and

We created a butterfly garden to attract butterflies but more generally all pollenators. Milkweed is the key for Monarch Butterflies. Here is a Monarch on common milkweed. The Monarch was actually more

Happy #wednesdaywalk hosted by @tattoodjay everybody's favorite community! First some flowers to put a little beauty in your day. I passed this lovely bed of painted daisies at the start of my walk. They

Happy #mondaymushroom or maybe a late (or early?) #fungifriday 🤷 I found a couple of mushrooms on our morning walk and thought I would share them. This large shelf mushroom is probably 9 inches across.

Welcome to my Starting a garden blog Post #19. But of course first some flowers 🌻🙂. We have lots of marigolds in the raised beds. The painted daisies are still gorgeous but some of the blooms are getting

Hello fellow birdlovers. I haven't posted in awhile because we took down our feeders due to a bear incident 🙁 There are still lots of birds about just they all moved farther away haha I caught this pileated

How can you walk by a coffee shop named Perky Planet Coffee Shop and Social Revolution without giving them some business? 🤣 @dswigle hosts #marketfriday and I'm always kinda looking for ideas. Couldn't