The blog celebrates its fifth birthday today.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan, July 1961. What did you find here?

Hello!

Verona, Wisconsin, September 2015. We see many of these fellows in the late summer.

We prefer geese not frequent our pond.

Verona, Wisconsin, April 20, 2015. We tolerate some feathered friends, but others should not approach our nest.

They get along.

Verona, Wisconsin, April 2015. Mama Crane sits on the nest as the duck plunges for frogs.

Early-Summer Flowerbed

Verona, Wisconsin, July 2008. We have a froggie mascot.

"The boy is finally taking his frog elsewhere."

I am not making this up reports on Venice's decision to remove a controversial statue from the Punta della Dogana.

Venice, Italy, June 1989. Here's a view of the Punta della Dogana when a traditional, Venetian lamppost decorated its tip.