April will soon give way to May. During this month of farewells, we have also had a steady stream of visitors here, grounding us in the present, while there have been memories of the past pulling at us. Welcome avian visitors have been returning from the south, while others, notably juncoes, have moved north for […]

Tonight is a Full Moon – Full Pink Moon, to be precise. Another lunar cycle gone, another week, and two more friends fallen by the wayside. Beloved Bunny Herring, after a long life of 97 years filled with adventures, is “off to Wonderland”, departing from her Old Schoolhouse at Rockford Farm, on to whatever comes

To continue catching up with the blog, I will begin by confessing that Eddy is in serious disgrace. TWICE last week, he bolted. The first time, we had just returned from an errand. I opened the door of the car, missed his leash, and he bolted toward the east woods. He was gone. Luckily, he

April is so hectic, and proceeding so quickly, that I am going to break the blog in half, as I catch up again. This picture of turkeys in the pasture looks like April days running past… I left off blogging just before Harry went into the hospital for a final (we hope) heart procedure. His

Ah, it is April, Eliot’s “cruelest month”, and we are losing too many friends. John Stoeckley’s departure last Thursday, March 28, leaves a particularly wrenching absence. His obituary can be read here https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/stltoday/name/john-stoeckley-obituary?id=54754777 We met John and his beloved Karen when we moved to Pike County in 1990, and have been good friends ever since.