Until a couple of years ago when I started learning about native plants, I didn't know we had an American Lotus ( Nelumbo lutea ) plant....

I was very excited when Carly from Clarkson Potter Publishers asked me if I'd like to review "The Birding Life—A Passion for Bird...

Yesterday, Matty and I drove up to Cowan Lake . It was warm and gorgeous, and we wanted to enjoy the last of Indian Summer before the expec...

This Cyber Monday, November 28, 2011, join the Nature Conservancy and pledge to give a gift that is good for the planet! Click here to sign...

Painting 197. A Tufted Titmouse Outside my Kitchen Window on the Eve of Thanksgiving (watercolor) ...and a poem for autumn:...

Our first contingent of Dark-eyed Juncos made an appearance two weeks ago on November 8. The little gray beauties with the sweet pink bills ...

You might recognize a couple of these Cedar Waxwing paintings from a post I did for Birding is Fun , but I kept adding to them through the w...