DriftlessThursday
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Driftless Thursday: A Not-So-Pretty Part of Fall
We moved into our home in the Driftless area of Wisconsin in the middle of September 2020. There were several initial challenges but none was as unexpected as when the Asian lady beetles starting trying to overwinter a month later.… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Ancient Peoples
(This is the second post in a new series following along in The Driftless Reader. I’m enjoying the excerpts in the book immensely and learning a lot about the area I’ve come to consider home. The first post explored the… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: I Owe Twister An Apology
At the start of this year, I wrote a Driftless Thursday post called “Of Mice and Cats.” In it, I told the story of this not-from-the-country gal’s first encounter with having mice in the house. We’d just moved in. Not… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Something New (“The Driftless Reader”)
Diverted by highlands, led away by valleys, consumed by wastage where weak, self-perpetuated where strong, the fingers of the mer de glace closed around the ancient Jardin of the Upper Mississippi Valley, but failed to close upon it. — From… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Yet More About Doofus (the Deer)
My husband and I were out on Sunday, giving our two cats some supervised play. He takes our girl, the Mighty Jenga, as she likes to roam and he’s got the touch on keeping her in check. I don’t know… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Astrophotography
We live nowhere near a light pole. As a result, I’ve never been more aware of the moon’s position through the seasons or cognizant of what constellations I can see at night out my bedroom window. It was perhaps inevitable… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: First Signs of Fall
The cottonwoods out back have started to drop their leaves into the lava rock garden, and the tips of the little bluestem grass are just starting to turn purple: My pumpkins, which I pollinated myself and have watched over all… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Morning Fog
On Tuesday, Release Day for Tangled Roots, I was up before dawn and noticed how foggy the valley was that morning. I stepped outside with my little camera to a cool morning. Something large, probably a deer or two, spooked… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Northern Cardinals
I learned a fun fact about cardinals recently. I was writing the end of Tangled Roots and had the need for a bird to appear in a scene and sing a bit of encouragement. This particular bird is representative of… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Pollinators Besides Bees
It’s late summer and my ornamental onion (Allium) is blooming beautifully. Various bugs have been attracted to feeding on the pollen and nectar on the flowers. This year I’ve really noticed and took some pictures that had me running to… Continue reading
