THE SOUTHERNER IS BACK!

I’m back, my friends! As you may have noticed, I took the summer off from blogging. The reason I did this was to give myself, and you, a break. I was beginning to feel like my blog posts were the exact same, year after year. Also, I promised Linda I would do more to help

IS IT EVER GOING TO GET WARM HERE?

I know, people say “be careful what you wish for” and I know that is very much true when wishing for warmer weather here in Yakima. We all know it is definitely going to get warmer, and then hot as blue blazes, but I am wanting to know “when“. Right now, as I write this

WHERE DID THEY GO?

I have been desperately watching my hummingbird feeder for the past couple of weeks and it seems that they have gone somewhere. I haven’t seen any for the past week or so, and when that happens I begin to go into Bird Withdrawal. It’s a real condition that us birders get quite often when our

SPRINGTIME BIRDS

There are two times of the year when it is especially exciting to be a “birder” (someone who loves birds). They are Fall Migration and Spring Migration. These two events give us the opportunity to see birds that we don’t see during the rest of the year. Some of them stay for a few months

COLOR!

A lot of people say Spring is their favorite season of the year. I tend to favor Summer, not only for the heat but also for the fact that I used to grow my vegetable garden in the Summer. This year that will change because I am not going to have a big garden, just