The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, pictures by David Small This book, set during the Great Depression, is written through letters from Lydia...

Late in the day on Easter Sunday, we thought we spied a hummingbird. I was able to take a few pictures and quickly realized it was not a bir...

We had a crazy busy week last week with two doctor appointments, a speaking engagement for Kansas Dad one evening, an evening meeting for my...

I've never posted with Seven Quick Takes before, and haven't even read much of them as I don't normally follow Jen's blog...

Our first iris bloomed on Easter morning. Now we have lots!

Anyone know what this pink flower is? It's a bulb I found growing at the zoo at the end of  March.

Love is mowing the lawn for eight hours with a push mower (fun when the lawn is multiple acres) and mowing around the wildflowers your wife...

Probably no one out there cares, but I wanted to have a little record (since this blog serves as my garden journal in addition to my baby bo...

We have an arch leading in to the fenced front yard. Last year it was so overgrown with four different vines I felt claustrophobic every tim...

I think this is Hedge Bindweed . The two above are Pale Poppy Mallow . Don't these look strange? They're Blunt-Leaf Milkweed ...

Earlier this spring, Kansas Dad pruned this rose bush back to almost nothing. It didn't bloom last year and we weren't sure what to ...

I just can't get enough of these irises! Most of these pictures are from a few days ago. We still have some irises blooming, though.

Grammy came down the Wednesday before Mother's Day to watch the kids for us while Kansas Dad and I attended a dinner at our church. She ...

Lots of wildflowers are also in bloom here on the Range, but I find it difficult to wander the property for them, pregnant and trailing thre...

Kansas Dad says the blog's been too quiet this week. We've been very busy lately, out and about with friends, lazing around in the y...

These pictures are also from April 12th. We think this is an ornamental pear tree and it actually started blooming before the Eastern Redbud...