Whisper sweetly your secrets upon the breeze as you sway to and fro. A generation awaits your seeds in the soil that you sow. Oceans of grasses and native blooms grace these middle lands. Here rises the fertile prairie amongst the Oak and Hickory stands. -Kim Sweeney (an original poem)   Our beloved prairies…

I’m sure there are times Bruce is simply not in the mood to listen to me prattle on.  I’m sure there are times Bruce would like to throttle me, and set me straight.  I’m sure there are times Bruce wished he lived in a distant, quiet wood, but he does…

  The cool weather and bolstered winds hint at change.  Summer’s vitality is beginning to wane, wilt and dull, soon to be replaced by vibrant, saturated hues, brisk air, and an accelerated pace in which nature wastes no time, and perfect growing conditions are exploited.   Fall is a particularly…

The Forsythia are golden and aglow.  The Daffodils stand tall and proud with slightly tilted heads, while the Crabapples and Magnolia explode with blooms that fill the air with their ethereal scent.  Much has happened in a week, and from here on out, the landscape will constantly change with each flower and plant having its…

Just in time for Halloween Trees don their masquerade Some are cloaked in gold and green A colorful charade. Others expose their naked shapes Twisted, gnarled and bare Skeletal, haunting remains Their silhouettes do scare. The spirit of the holiday is carried through the trees well costumed, so befittingly alive…

The late afternoon sun sent shards of light across the landscape where leaves shimmered in its golden cast and black shadows grew long across the lawn.  As the crisp, westerly wind blew, the leaves quaked upon the limbs, some aloft on the breeze, gently twirling towards the ground where the masses danced…

  The winds of change are in the air, almost palpable, as our attention begins to shift from Summer and its carefree nature to the more frenetic, frenzied schedule of Fall.  Some may say, we use this time to prepare for the long winter months ahead, much like our squirrel friends…

  So, for the last 4-6 weeks, crews had been working diligently (I use that term very loosely) on Route 83.  It’s an annual thing.  You can almost set your watch to it.  What they were working on, I’ll never know.  As I said, it’s become a custom, like great…

Albeit the weather has been mostly nice, we are in desperate need of rain, and I don’t mind the slight dip in temperatures.  In fact, I welcome it.  Even though we have not officially entered Summer’s sultry domain, and have not felt the full force of the season’s oppression, I look…

Fall is the optimal time of year to plant, and it’s right around the corner – shrubs, trees, grass, etc.  As we had mentioned a few weeks back, “Summer is for planning and Fall is for planting”.  Now is the time to act as summer begins its mad dash to…