That beautiful garden from last March-May? All but dead. The insane heat, plus the lack of rain earlier this summer made it tough to maintain after our vacation. Between the tomato hornworms, blossom end rot and other crap, I just said “forget it”. It was too hot to even stand outside to prune. No fun! … Read more
First of all, I learned that it’s “heron” and not “huron“. Oops. I was wondering why my Google searches kept directing me to Michigan-related websites… Last night Dave and I went on a good old fashioned DATE! The kids are visiting grandparents in the northeast through next weekend, and even though Dave’s hard at work … Read more
New state, new house, new batch of birds to look for! I’ve posted on and off about the birds that have come to visit our houses in both North Carolina and Nebraska (ironically, I got woodpecker pictures in both places). Now it’s time to see what Northwest Florida brings to our backyard! First of all, … Read more
Howdy! It’s been a few days. I’m sure you’ve ALL been at the edge of your seat, spending all your time wondering, “How has Major Mom been with the move?” I’m sure you’ve been up all night worrying about me, right? Of course you have 😉 So we had our stuff delivered on Wednesday, December … Read more
Today I stayed a bit more diligent with the iPhone in an attempt to capture snow geese and I had an immediate success! This formation was flying right over Jacob’s school while I was waiting to pick him up, stretching from the southeast towards the northwest! Before the schoolbell rang, you could hear the geese … Read more
For the past 2-3 weeks, it’s been slowly warming here. I wish I had blogged a little more about the extreme bitter cold we experienced here, and the record-after-record-after-record snowfall we had here in the Omaha area since December. I’ll be updating our “Vollmer Weather Curse” post soon with this past winter’s craziness and I … Read more
I’d been seeing a goldfinch come by every once in a while for the past 10 days or so, yesterday I was finally able to get a picture! He’s on the thistle sock on the right. From 2009 04 29 BirdOnFeeder Stay tuned! I have lots more to talk about, I’ve just been addicted to … Read more
Today was a gloriously beautiful day!  I can’t believe I was able to enjoy just about all day outside…I mowed the lawn for the first time this season, worked more on my garden, and planted a couple of containers with annual flowers purchased yesterday from Timmy’s child care center’s fund raiser.  I enlisted Timmy and a … Read more
(Thanks Maryann for reminding me about this this year!) Looking for a fun activity with the kids this weekend? Check out Cornell University and the Audubon Society’s annual “Great Backyard Bird Count”. This is a really easy way to help the birding world keep tabs on the migration/habitat patterns of North American birds, and unlike … Read more
About a week ago I rearranged my bird feeders. I also changed the type of bird feed I offered, from a general small seed mix to only black oil sunflower seeds. In addition, I took down my windowside hummingbird feeder and replaced it with a windowside standard feeder, filled with sunflower seed. I also switched … Read more