In an effort to comply with the “Keep Austin Weird” motto, we visited the Cathedral of Junk there – appropriately enough, on Easter Sunday....

Don't you love the color of these orchids? The Garden Club of Nyack held it's 18th annual Flower Show on Saturday.  Both adult a...

It’s feeder filling time. How do I know? A couple of chickadees and a titmouse appeared at my feeder station to remind me. They were looking...

Here's an annual event in Nyack that I try not to miss.  It's the "Holiday Boutique a la Russe" at the The Holy Virgin P...

You can make a toad house out of an old or broken flowerpot.   Dig a hole about twice the size of the pot.   Turn it on its side.   Add a be...

Last year I did a post about how chefs make hard boiled eggs, but I neglected to include the wise words of one of my favorite women in the ...

This project is an alternative to being "parents" to a raw egg or a sack of flour -- something that most kids end up doing at som...

Warning: this is the non-Martha way to do it. You are welcome to go to her site and find the “right” way to do it, using lots more wire and...