I feel fortunate to live in a nice neighborhood with lots of trees and a small pond just beyond my backyard. The environment, plus my be...

Yesterday I spotted at my backyard feeders this Cardinal-sized bird that I did not recognize. It perched at this tube feeder for a while...

My backyard bird feeders have been staying busy this summer. It's been all I can do to keep the tubes and suet holders stocked! North...

It's pretty neat (and convenient!) as a birder and nature photographer to have a regular "supply" of birds- large and small-...

On Sunday, July 23 we braved the Lowcountry heat and humidity and ventured south to the ACE Basin's Donnelley Wildlife Management Area...

Spending a week and a half in Paris was such a great (and perhaps once in a lifetime) opportunity to soak up the history, architecture and...

Getting outside of Paris to Versailles proved to be a transportation quagmire for us. What should have been a two-connection train trip...

Les Invalides is a Paris attraction I was not familiar with before coming here. But it is a place I thoroughly enjoyed visiting. Les...

The first thing that struck me after exiting the underground Paris Metro stop, going up the stairs and first seeing IT was just how big IT...

For first time visitors to Paris like myself, the world renowned Louvre Museum is on the short list of must-see places. According to Wi...