Downtown Allendale this morning, before the parade. A memorial to Ed Hamilton, who died in World War II, is under

Stiles Thomas found this in his daughters' old  playhouse. What was it? (We suspect natural causes, not one of the

Last Monday, I wrote: This has been lying in the ditch along the path south of the Butterfly Garden for

Had these two ladies in the side yard yesterday, and two more today. There may be another video or two

If it's Memorial Day weekend, that must mean that Sanpping Turtles from Lake Appert are heading to the Wright-Finn yard

From our back deck, have seen small and large bats, a couple of Common Nighthawks and a  clear-winged moth (late-day

The Record had a very helpful story on avoiding tick bites this week. It sounds like a bad year for

Susan McTigue shared these two shots, taken in Emerson Woods this week. (Thanks, Susan!) I haven't seen any at the

On a walk along Cape May Beach on Tuesday, I came across this turn-turtle Horseshoe Crab. That guy has one

Patty and I stopped by Reed's Beach on the Delaware Bayshore on Monday in hopes of seeing a few endangered