The Joyce Road Neighborhood

The Ruby Meadowhawk ( Sympetrum rubicundulum ) is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae . This variety of dragonfly was mostly  ...

I was walking around the pond by our cabin and noticed several different varieties of dragonflies darting about. I was lucky to find some dr...

This year's crop of fawns are getting bigger and bolder. The fawns are now 6 to 8 weeks old and starting to explore  as they learn the l...

As we approach mid-summer, patches of blueish/purple  Wild Bergamot ( Monarda fistulosa ) are appearing along the roadsides and fields. So...

After last year's success with chokecherry jam, it's time to make a few more batches of jam. I've selected a couple of chokecher...

While taking photos of wildflowers I sometimes get a chance to take close-up photographs of insects. Insects, unlike flowers, don't stay...

As we reach the hot, "Dog Days" of summer, patches of Black-eyed Susans ( Rudbeckia hirta ) appear along Joyce Road. The Black-eye...

This year's bear activity in the neighborhood has been nonexistent until this weekend. Harley and Barb Kay had a bear visit their bird-f...

Depending on weather conditions, some wildflowers are more abundant some years than other years. This summer we have an abundance of the wil...

This group of six (6) male turkeys survived the spring gobbler hunting season and now enjoy a tasty snack of grasshoppers.

After a long, cold winter and spring, the local deer have shed their brown winter coats and now display their lightweight reddish summer coa...

Did you see this weekend's supermoon? The term “supermoon” is used to refer to the “perigee full moon”, basically, when the moon comes t...

As Brian & Tish Hopkins' new house nears completion, here are the latest status photos. Kitchen area. Still some appliance ins...

Many of the summer wildflowers are in bloom on our property and two types of Mullein are currently blooming. The Common Mullein ( Verbascum ...

This time of year it isn't unusual to see adult Eastern Painter Turtles ( Chrysemys picta picta ) walking through our yard looking for...