My Florida Backyard

Just a quick Heimlich update... He's been living in his glass palace for four days now, and by my estimate, has more than doubled in si...

On my way out to get the mail, I had to stop and admire the beach sunflower I planted in the front yard this spring. We don't spend muc...

Somehow, I never got to participate in that classic elementary school classroom experiment: watching a caterpillar grow into a butterfly. I...

A little woodpecker-related humor, compliments of webcomic xkcd : Have a great weekend!

My Florida Backyard had a visit today from one of the biggest of butterflies, the Giant Swallowtail. See more shots of this amazing visitor ...

It's a breathlessly hot afternoon, and only the bumble bees seem hard at work. I caught this guy poking his head into every Mexican Petu...

When I was first learning to read, I loved the book Summer , by Alice Low with pictures by Roy McKie. In the book, a little girl and boy (an...