goosey goosey gander

The weather is warming up, time to relax poolside.....with the goose. Even Harpo knows that nothing beats a good drink fro...

pony day

Another weekend, another horse show. Margaret informed me that she wants to do horse shows all the time. Today she asked me: "When wil...

lifeguard

Just another day in the life of Harpo the Goose - monitoring crazy children in a swimming pool.

daphnia lumholtzi

When I was a wee collegiate undergrad I worked for several years in a freshwater biology lab studying zooplankton . Most often I was dissec...

mountain cougars

Quotes from the last couple months: Margaret: "I always remember things for millions and millions and millions of days.... but, ...

muddy water

The joy of having several kids who are close in age is that I hardly ever have to "entertain" them during play time. I often dire...

harpo speaks

When Clay came home with our batch of spring chicks a few weeks ago (from Estes Hatchery ) they came with a special companion -- a little ...

at the heartland horse show

Much of my childhood was spent dreaming about horses and horse shows. Years after we had to sell our appaloosas for the move up to Canada, ...

more than a bird

It all started with some pajamas. And suddenly a superhero was unleashed. He originally declined doing a photo shoot, but when jumpi...