Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

Merry Christmas to everyone!  We hope you have a happy and healthy holiday wherever you may be and whoever you may be with! We've ha...

After the Winter Solstice which we passed through on the weekend, the days are getting longer - a huge reason to celebrate, and something I ...

We get enough of those dull grey days at this time of year, it's great to look out and see bright sunshine splashed across the snow.  Ye...

It's a good old-fashioned snow day here today, about 8 or 10 inches last night with blowing winds making driving hazardous.  Our caregiv...

I'm sorry to report that the squirrels have learned to extract the sunflower seed from my "squirrel-proof" feeders.  For ten y...

It's been a full five weeks since we've had any interesting birds visiting our feeders.  I thought we were doing well to get the fee...

Yesterday we went to enjoy the Shoreline Chorus performance at the local United Church.  It was a Christmas concert, half devoted to singing...