The Joyce Road Neighborhood

I found this Eastern Painted Turtle ( Chrysemys picta ) taking a leisurely walk around our pond and enjoying the wet weather. The turtle ...

A couple of weeks ago some bears (2 or 3) were spotted in the neighborhood and I placed one of my game cameras in an area where I'd seen...

In past years, by the 4th of July the weather would be getting hot and dry, farmer would have their haymaking almost done, and lawn mowing w...

I was walking around our pond and found this Eastern Pondhawk ( Erythemis simplicicollis ) dragonfly in the tall grass. Because of its gree...

I have a game camera near the pipeline valves on our cabin property and noticed a photo of a possum (opossum) in the area. I decided to trap...

For the past couple of weeks I've posted several photos of insects and common milkweed, but there's another milkweed blooming in the...

While photographing the flowering milkweed this year I noticed an abundance of dark colored moths with a yellow/orange band around its neck....

There are two wild roses in our neighborhood, multiflora rose ( Rosa multiflora ) and the Carolina rose ( Rosa carolina ). Multiflora r...

St. John’s Wort ( Hypericum perforatum ) is a perennial herb that grows up to 32 inches tall and is found in many parts of the world (includ...

The harsh days of winter have faded away into the warm days of summer and the local deer are enjoying the change. The deer are enjoying the ...

Earlier this spring I posted a photo of some bats that were living in our barn, I decided it was time to check on the bats again and get som...

For the past week our neighbor's bird feeder has been visited by a bear. The neighbor started putting the bird feeder in his garage at n...

A year ago we purchased a 1955 Ferguson TO-35 tractor at a neighbor's estate sale. The tractor had a front end loader, which the neighbo...

This is part #3 of some of the butterflies, bees and other insects attracted to milkweed flowers. The milkweed patch was buzzing with hone...