This summer, I miss the company of our dog of 16 years, Sally, while gardening in the backyard.
High overhead in the July night sky is the constellation Hercules.
I noticed one of my neighbors replaced her lawn with a rock garden a few years ago, but only recently did she give me a tour.
I’m sure our Cheyenne Big Day Bird Count compiler for Cheyenne Audubon, Grant Frost, was thinking to avoid cold, nasty weather when he picked …
June evening skies are worth a trip to the country on a moonless night.
Last month, you may have read that a subsidiary of NextEra Energy will be paying a hefty fine for killing eagles at its wind developments, inc…
You know the ditty: “April showers bring May flowers.”
The constellations overhead in May are dominated by Leo and Ursa Major.
American humorist Erma Bombeck’s observation, and 1976 bestseller “The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank,” foreshadowed a plan to i…
The last week of April is a great time to watch Venus and Jupiter in the pre-dawn sky. The two planets will make a very close approach, passin…
It’s a matter of degrees when you are in charge of raising thousands of ring-necked pheasants.
April evening skies have the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga all shining in the wes…
A Cheyenne Audubon field trip in mid-February, starting at a frosty 8 a.m., usually attracts only a handful of diehards. But throw the word “r…
March is the time of year to ignore garden news from balmier parts of the country, especially Facebook posts featuring greening landscapes wit…
The evening skies in March offer you a very obvious contrast between seasonal constellations. The many brilliant stars that make up winter con…
The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities is looking for examples of low-water yards.
”Nurturing the Prairie” was the theme of this year’s Cheyenne Habitat Heroes workshop held last month. For me, that includes the plants, anima…
Prominent in the February evening sky you’ll find the brilliant winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga.
Susan Allen dreams of having a farm, however the look of that dream has altered.
Christmas 1989 was Mark’s and my first Cheyenne Christmas Bird Count and the first time we met most of the people attending the tally party af…
Since January is usually a very cold month, it’s convenient that the night sky has a lot of bright stars and constellations making for quicker…
A call went out recently: One of the long-time Master Gardeners and his wife were downsizing and moving closer to kids and there were housepla…
Winter is the most popular season for feeding birds.
December means the winter solstice is coming on Dec. 21 and we are facing a couple of very cold and snowy months in Wyoming.
This last summer I learned how three different gardens had three different personalities despite all featuring perennial flowers for pollinators.
A by-the-numbers studio blockbuster originally acquired by Universal and engineered to strike box office gold, the pricey Dwayne “The Rock” Jo…
When you’re a star as big as Kevin Hart, people will speculate about your life. And social media has made it that much easier to hold our favo…
Birds and birders are in a rush during the spring.
If you stay up late on Nov. 18 you will be treated to an almost total lunar eclipse at about 2 a.m. MT on Nov. 19. Only a thin sliver of the m…
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