by Giacomo Giammatteo | May 24, 2017
Stick caterpillars—what the … heck are they? I didn’t know either until I was walking to my office one day after making coffee. I stepped off the porch and noticed a cow killer, otherwise known as a velvet ant, racing across the grass. One of the cats was...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | May 24, 2017
One of the sad things about living in the country is that you get to see nature at its cruelest, turning a deaf ear and a blind eye when things go wrong. It’s also one of the best things, as it gives you an opportunity to intervene if you have a mind to. We had...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | May 24, 2017
Most everyone thinks black widows are bad, and I have to admit, I felt the same way not so long ago. Then something happened to change my opinion of them, to see them in a different light. Now I recognize that black widows aren’t bad. I was working under the...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | May 23, 2017
When you live in the country, especially if you have a pond, you expect to see some unusual animals now and then. But a few years ago, we saw one we didn’t expect, or at least, didn’t expect one this big—a really big snapper. My grandson and a few of his...
