I live near a series of huge grain bins. Every fall, the newly harvested corn goes in the bins. The corn from last year has to get dumped on the gro...

I live near a series of huge grain bins. Every fall, the newly harvested corn goes in the bins. The corn from last year has to get dumped on the ground in a big pile, to make room in the bins. It's difficult to convey what a great whacking huge pile it is.

This year, someone helpfully parked a tractor in front of the pile, which gives you some idea.

It was a dry summer last year. I thought the deer would stop digging up my new transplants if I gave them another source of water. All the woodland cr...

It was a dry summer last year. I thought the deer would stop digging up my new transplants if I gave them another source of water. All the woodland creatures showed up.

12 days old and ready to fly.

12 days old and ready to fly.

Chicks growing fast

Chicks growing fast

In the early summer, we've got a wreath on the front door, and last year some bird decided that it would be a fine nesting site. So the wreath had to ...

In the early summer, we've got a wreath on the front door, and last year some bird decided that it would be a fine nesting site. So the wreath had to stay up until the chicks were fledged.

No caption

#Tulips look great for about two days a year.

#Tulips look great for about two days a year.

#Tomato seedlings almost ready for their closeup #Gardening

#Tomato seedlings almost ready for their closeup

#Gardening

Fall-planted garlic, always first up in the spring #Gardening

Fall-planted garlic, always first up in the spring

#Gardening

No caption