This lovely butterfly stayed put on this echinacea flower long enough for me to run inside and grab a camera. I don’t know too much about butterflies, but consulting our handy Butterflyies of North America guide, this looks like a Red Admiral. Can anyone out… Read More
These opened up under the locust tree this morning….
Over the years I’ve made several paintings called The Source, including a small group of tondos I made a few years ago. It’s a theme which has captured my imagination since, as a high school student, I first saw a photo of Courbet’s famous painting… Read More
Over the past few months, I’ve developed a bit of a taste for dill pickles, and I had this idea way in the back of my ever-so-tiny brain that I might want to make a batch of super-hot, garlic infused dills. Where did I get… Read More
I received an email from my brother in which he mentioned that bear sightings in Ontario are up quite a bit this year, suggesting they are becoming common enough that many people don’t bother to call them in anymore. What timing. We were in Paris… Read More
Here’s a tune called Salt River. I don’t think I had heard this one until I watched Hilarie Burhans teaching it on one of her excellent YouTube videos, and I picked it up from there. I enjoy playing this one. I recorded this video with… Read More
How sweet is that? Thank you so much for the kind words, L & C! This reminds me there are plenty of excellent titles available in the Twenty Seventh Street Book Box. These books are FREE. You can take them home to read, or give… Read More
I made a little video performing Angeline the Baker for the Tune of the Month on a Facebook group I contribute to, called Clawhammer Rules. Angeline the Baker is an old time tune derived from a Stephen Foster song called Angelina Baker. I learned this… Read More
Today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn took place in Rouge National Urban Park, a fantastic place loaded with interesting trails as well as the Rouge and Little Rouge rivers. I started going on Miles Hearn’s nature walks in early spring and we’ve seen numerous plants… Read More
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