Just got home from working on the house and decided to check the minnow trap I had set in the creek (pronounced crick here in PA) about 2 weeks ago, and to my surprise there were about 2 dozen in it. So I put them in a bucket of water and went up [...]
The first 3 pictures shown here are from last evening. These 3 jakes were out picking through the freshly plowed cornfield. For those who may not know, a jake is a young male wild turkey. I have been seeing turkey out just about every evening the past couple of weeks. Sometimes [...]
Spring is upon us. It was actually hot enough yesterday to get a sunburn.
As you can see from this picture, the heat just means its time to get out and get the work done. That grass will need weedwacked every couple of weeks beginning probably next week.
These wild onions have actually been growing [...]
As I write this I am sitting outside enjoying the nice weather. It’s a little breezy, but otherwise its a beautiful spring day. I took a short hike and heard a turkey gobble rounding up his hens while I was in the woods. Here is a picture of the leaves all torn [...]
I’m not sure what was with this goose today. I was in the house doing some cleaning and I heard it honking. Thinking it was a gaggle flying over, I looked out the window and there it was. The goose was alone and stayed around for close to an hour honking [...]
I received an email today from David Masur over at Penn Environment asking me to write my state senator to support House Bill 1281, the Pennsylvania Appalachian Trail Act. It seems that the trail in our state is being threatened by expanding development. According to Penn Environment :
One of Pennsylvania’s [...]
Man I can’t wait for Spring to completely arrive! I’m sick of everything being so dull and gray. At least there are still sights to see that aren’t so bad. These turkey were in the corn field behind the house when we pulled in.
They had already started to head out of the [...]
I couldn’t find any pictures that show just how difficult the morel mushrooms are to find here in the woods of Pennsylvania. However, I think you can see from the image on the bottom. Now just imagine the forest floor covered in oak leaves and trying to spot these guys poking their [...]
I’ll start this post with 2 of my nicest pictures. To me, these 2 pictures define what I thought the “country life” was all about when I still lived in the city. The views around here never fail to amaze me! Sometimes I wonder how I ever lived in the city [...]
Its no secret that those of us living in the country like our guns. In fact, during deer season someone from the city might mistake the area for a war zone with all the ammo flying. Fortunately, most of us know how to handle our weapons safely. Think these [...]
