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Lantana attracts Butterflies

Here in central Florida, it is relatively easy to attract butterflies to your yard. Our backyard butterfly garden includes Jatropha, Hamelia patens (firebush), and three colors of the popular Lantana camara. Once established, Lantanas are quite hardy perennials that...
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Sunset over Lake Dora

Lake Dora is a large and beautiful lake located in central Florida, about 35 miles northwest of Orlando in Lake County. The small towns of Mount Dora and Tavares border the lakefront of this 4,400 acre lake that is teeming with fish, waterfowl and reptiles (including...
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Rocky Mountain Squirrel

It was the second week of November 2006... and the snow began to fall in Colorado. I was in Broomfield for a week of training and class finished on Friday morning, giving me plenty of daylight to drive up to Estes Park and into Rocky Mountain National Park. I parked...
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Dragonfly at Vogel Park

Dragonflies have fascinated me since I first noticed them hovering over the warm summer waters of Eagle Lake when I was a child. Their double set of nearly transparent wings apparently allows them to fly very quickly in any direction - making them a unique flying...
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Biltmore Bass Pond Bridge

In August we visited the Biltmore House and Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The mansion is an amazing example of 1890's architecture and the gardens are equally spectacular. There is a winding walking path behind the gardens leading down to this wooden bridge...
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Snake in the Grass

When we moved from Michigan to Florida, we learned that the fine blade fescues do not thrive in the intense sun and heat of the Sunshine State. Instead, a thick blade fescue like St. Augustine grass is common for Florida lawns. Recommended mowing height is four...
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Sojourner

by | 11 Jan 2023 |

A sojourner is someone who understands their time on earth is temporal and dedication to the Creator of heaven and earth is key to the journey. Buddy Greene captured the concept very well in this Sojourner's Song:   For we are strangers before you and sojourners,...

Christmas Cantatas

by | 22 Dec 2022 |

Those of us who grew up at Harris Prairie Church in Granger, Indiana in the late 1960s to early 1970s always anticipated the inspiring choir concert each Christmas season, directed and accompanied by our talented minister, Ed Erskin. The sanctuary was beautifully...

Best Song of 2021

by | 14 Nov 2021 |

My pick for best song of 2021 is by The Petersens: Hey Grandpa   Lyrics to Hey, Grandpa by The Petersens Hey, grandpa, I wish you were here today I’m on my way to play another show I bet you’d love it, folks are sittin’ on some hay So I’ll pull out my fiddle an’...

Best Song of 2015

by | 29 Dec 2015 |

My pick for best song of 2015 is by Buddy Greene: How Can I Keep From Singing   [Verse 1] My life flows on in endless song above earth's lamentation I hear the sweet, though far off hymn...that hails a new creation [Chorus] No storm can shake my inmost...