Fanny Flagg, the author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at Whistle Stop Cafe," used images of cardinals and camellias to great effect in her novel, "A Redbird Christmas." She also used people's belief that ...

Cardinals are one type of bird you should see in your yard in winter, so you want to provide them with the right type of ...

If you want to fill your yard with colorful, red-feathered visitors year-round, it's important to choose the right plants. Northern cardinals are one of the most beloved backyard birds that nearly ...

As predictable as the world can be (sometimes, anyway), you never truly know what you'll see when you venture outdoors. Your favorite flower might be in bloom, or you might notice a new animal ...

One common backyard bird that may be taken for granted also has romantic attributes worthy of Valentine’s Day. In the brown bleakness of mid-winter, the male Northern cardinal brings a flash of bright ...

The shopping days before Christmas are getting fewer, so I hope everyone has had time to find gifts for everyone on their lists. My own sincere wish to readers is that everyone gets to enjoy a great ...

For reasons that don’t require full disclosure, I have set up a temporary desk in our kitchen by a bay window that blissfully connects me with the outside world — so lush and green, from trees to ...