TURKEYS ON THE SUNLOUNGER: the America I didn't expect.....

The blog had hoped to report on its travels but has found itself with limited internet access. Normal service will resume some time next wee...

The blog is on some more travels, so there will be a short break. Meanwhile, this mountain laurel is, I have to say, a far more vigorous spe...

Dateline: Cattaraugus County, Western New York State There is, quite near us, a wondrous place called the Pfeiffer Nature Center. It ow...

  I never did read Misty of Chincoteague when I was little, even though I was mad about pony books.    But I'd heard about th...

Back to the road trip and UPDATE approaching the END UPDATE crossing into North Carolina, the scenery wasn't too promising. That...

Dateline: Cattaraugus County, western New York A little break from the road trip and some tastes of Western New York in late May. A fog...

They sort of crept up on us. Until we drank in the scent and looked up. It seems to be a good spring for them! Of course western Ne...