I love the way trees and shrubs “get in line” in the spring, some blooming very early and other later. Here are two “late leafers.”
My mind boggles even trying to consider the many factors involved in Spring blooming! I know just enough about ecological relationships to see a small part of the complex web.…
The Shad (Amelanchier) continues to bud. Spring always seems so full of change after a long winter. Suppose the rate of change is unlike winter or summer even if those…
85F today. March was 8F above historical average. On this date in 1992 I made a photograph of my son standing in 15″ of snow. Can’t find it tonight! Each…
The crocuses in the yard are lovely. It was one of those days where it is easy to not go for a long hike and still have plenty to see. I…
Yesterday was, in part, another chapter in mastering some of the photographic equipment I have and the best techniques for using it. Lots of “mistakes” from which to learn. In…
I woke to early morning, heavy valley fog lurking over a promise of a sunny day. Now, a few hours later, the fog has burned off and the sun is…
What else can be said about a bud, this one from Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum), other than amazing! I look forward to seeing the buds on all the trees continue…
Somehow a number of days seemed to slip inside this one. Overflowing and lovely. Wildflowers, a long discovery walk in a maple/beech woods with old, old trees. Friends. Even a…
