It's time to think about gardening

It's time to think about what the garden should look like. The garden centers are full of gorgeous annuals and perenniels, and the other day I filled my imagination with the possibilities. Although it's still cold here, you can see that spring gardening is on peoples' minds.  Some times, but not every year, I get my mother...

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The Coyotes are Near

I was taking the dog out for a walk the other day, and a coyote was nanchalantly trotting across the street, as if he belonged there. I kept exclaiming to myself, "that's a coyote!" Even though it looked like some sort of a dog. It was very aware of its surroundings, chased off some geese, and ended up running across the next...

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Alexander Stillman and the Stillman Nature Center

Virginia bluebells These Virginia Bluebells, not indigenous to Illinois, are a remnant of what was on the McCormick Property at 33 Penny Road, which Alexander Stillman came to own. There was a main house, which has since been torn down, but you can still see evidence of a garden, with the snowdrops and violets, daffodils and...

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The red tailed hawk

It's amazing what can be done with the right lenses. This picture was taken through an enclosu...

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The Mysterious Stillman Nature Center

It all began with my search for the sandhill cranes who were flying overhead in numbers I never recalled seeing before. I was so inspired to follow them that I went home from our family gathering and picked up all my photography equipment, hoping to capture a moment of either birds close up, or birds close by looking for food....

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