A bird in the bush

I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]

We are having Indian summer with warm sunny days in early autumn. The leaves are still mostly green, so it feels in […]

Goldenrod has finished blooming in my yard for over a week, so I was surprised to find a few plants blooming as […]

The praying mantis is named for its posture of apparent prayer with its forelegs as seen in this photo. I imagine this […]