Middlewood Journal

I took the dogs up to the kudzu hill this morning and was amazed to realize that the air was a good ten degrees warmer up there than either ...

Between travel and projects (due back to back), I have to say October was the busiest month I've had in years... maybe ever! Wandering t...

We went to the beach a couple weeks ago. There wasn't time to sit and draw while I was there, so I brought these goodies home and sat at...

Every now and then a day comes along when things seem to go against my natural inclination to wander slowly around in nature, and then to se...

The dogs and I headed out in the cool of the morning, with dew still heavy on the grass and deep shade of pines, maples, sourwoods and oaks ...

Kudzu. Unfortunately, we have our own personal patch of it at the top of our driveway. We try to kill it every winter by spraying with undi...

After weeks of hot, sunny mornings, today's fog and cool temps were a wonderful change. Daisy and I headed out early to enjoy it. Our po...

My family vacation took us to the Cotswolds this year. June in England is a magical place. Gardens are at their loveliest, the weather is g...

Today Daisy and I headed out early to beat the heat that has baked the upstate for weeks now. The sun was barely up and cardinals near our ...

I waited until afternoon to walk today so that the air could warm and the dew could dry. Walking in high, dewy grass soaks your shoes the s...

This post took longer than most to finish because I was determined to find out what these mystery plants were. I first found them two weeks...

Hiked early with journal and camera under cloudy skies to check on the Bull Thistles, to see if they have fully opened. Walking into a bree...

Wow! Springtime overload! Days are not long enough this time of year. I could have used about five more hours this afternoon. I made so ma...

Today Daisy and I hiked to Meetinghouse Creek to check on the Tufted Titmice I saw there, building a nest in a beech tree. Just before I cam...

A thunderstorm blasted through last night, with high winds, thunder and lightning, making today's gentle weather particularly sweet. Da...

By creeping along the river at a snail's pace today, I noticed a lot more than I had just yesterday. Bloodroot and Rue Anemone were the ...