Nature Done Wright

Susan McTigue passed along this backyard shot — she calls it "Finding Shade with an Acquaintance." They look cooler than

Noticed one of the terrific Allendale Garden Club members — Kathy Vorhis –working in the Fell House  garden on Sunday,

I know this is a bit farther "beyond" than most posts, but I found it fascinating and thought it worth

From 1990. a decade before I moved to the Celery Farm. I guess I have never been a fan… Curiously,

The inimitable Fred Weber does a great job with all the milkweed and other plantings by Phair's Pond and Carlos'

On a morning walk I saw:    * An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail at 8 a.m. outside the excellent Leica Repair

What is the critter featured above? Two things: It's dead, so I was able to photograph it closeup in this

If you park near the end of Scioto Drive in Franklin Lakes and walk straight into the High Mountain preserve

  Saw a few skippers in the Green Way field yesterday but none today. Spanworm Moth, too. Still a couple