The Joyce Road Neighborhood

The overnight temperatures still dip into the 20's F but the Wood Frogs are ready for the mating season as soon as the ice melts off the...

I was watching some geese on our neighbor's pond as I drove by and noticed a large white object in a tree on the far side of the pond. S...

Still not too many spring flowers in bloom. It got almost to 70F today and the only insect I could find to photograph was this small ant on ...

As soon as the winter snow melts and the bare ground of my garden appears, it's time to check on the garlic crop. Unlike most garden cro...

Here in the northeast there's still frost in the ground but I'm working on this year's crop of sweet potatoes. Several years ago...

The snow from a couple of days ago has melted and I found some crocus popping out of the ground.

As I was driving past a neighbor's lawn I noticed some Canada Geese grazing in the lawn, but one of the objects didn't look right. A...

Back in January I planted some romaine lettuce seed in a large mixing tub and placed it in our solarium, now we have fresh salads daily as w...

It was getting near Henry's second birthday and he was do for a big boy haircut. Step #1: Distract Henry's attention with a kids...

We were in Iowa visiting our grand-kids last week. The grand-kids grow up fast, but I'm not sure why Myra is reading this book. Gran...

Our grandson Henry (A.K.A "Hank") is two years old and his birthday party was this past weekend. With the presents wrapped and sta...

We traveled to southwest Iowa last week for our grandson's second birthday and found ourselves involved in record breaking flooding. On ...