Nature

Several people have been out getting their deer stands ready for the hunting season anticipating the 30 pointer.  Here's a 5-star recipe from Taste of Home that may help in the incentive department.  (Even if you get skunked, you can use a chuck roast and still have an awesome meal!)

September 7th was the date of the annual "Shoot For Fun" event that benefits the Courage Center.   This year over $160,000 was raised for Courage Kenny  - Northland's recreation and sports programming.  Not only did it raise a lot of money, but it was a blast!  Literally.

This is a one in a million shot.  These photos came from far east Russia where they have been setting up wildlife cameras to monitor engendered Amur Tigers in the Lazoovskii State Nature Preserve.   However, the camera caught something even more rare, an eagle attacking a deer.

People are starting to prepare their homes and yards for the fall and winter months.  Bringing in planters, covering flower beds with tarps and cutting trees and branches that could become a nuisance. I know their mode of thinking, "do it now before the snow flies".  There are more and more accidents happening at home involving tree branches and electrical wires, use caution and check ou

If you've been reluctant to cover your rose bushes with the colder weather, don't worry about it.  You can still have beautiful roses in your home thanks to the 28th year of the Rose Sale with Duluth's Rotary Club.  You'll be putting a smile on someone's face (or your own) for remembering them and being part of the big picture with community help.

With the excessive heat we've had in the Northland the flowers in my yard have started to get crispy.  I was out Sunday evening picking off the ones that I knew couldn't be revived.  This critter flew up next to me and started drinking nectar from the flowers and it was NOT afraid of me.  Ken tells me his dad just saw one of these for the first time in his yard last week.  Are we being infested? 

It's safe to say that besides dogs, one of my favorite animals are Monkeys (David Drew's too)!  I'm SO excited that the Lake Superior Zoo has added yet another monkey to their family and to say they're cute is an understatement!!!  This is the second Angolan Colobus Monkey born at the Lake Superior Zoo and by the picture you can see they are best of friends!

My husband and I have a wood burner so we are very conscious of where we can get the wood we burn.  We found that there are certain counties in Wisconsin that won't allow the transport of wood across county lines due to gypsy moths and the emerald ash borer beetle.  I was surprised to hear that they are now as close as the City of Superior!

We lovingly called the tree on our boulevard the "Pee Tree", because it was the only tree we had that the dog could reach on his chain and he would go for it EVERY time.  Unfortunately, that particular dog AND the tree are gone.  The dog got old, the tree, not sure, but the City took it down and now we're left with the decision on what to do to replace it.  With this new program, we jus

Kudos to this reporter for making the news a little more interesting.  She enthusiastically demonstrates what experts say you should do if confronted by a bear in the woods.

Last week the mosquitoes were so bad in our backyard that we were forced into the house.   We couldn't spend more than 30 seconds outdoors without at least 1 mosquito bite.  More than a few minutes outside, and we were doing a rendition of riverdance trying to swat the bugs.   I decided action needed to be taken, so I headed to the store and purchased OFF Backyard Control, not sure if it would hel

Park Point Beach is where you can find sun and fun whether you're visiting our area or live here.  There are several variables that can make your day at the beach more pleasant and now you can find it all compiled on one website.  Share it with friends/family and bookmark it so it's at your fingertips when you want it.  It covers the real time data for the Lake Superior Beaches of Park Point. Read