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.…
How odd to wake Sunday morning and hear Red-winged Blackbirds singing to define their territories. There are so many different strategies by which the natural world finds balance. Migration allows…
The natural world amazes me! As I walked at dawn yesterday, the sun illuminated thousands and thousands of crystals of frost covering the leaves in front of me. The fact…
I spent many hours as a child chasing butterflies. I’m afraid many of them ended up chloroformed and pinned into a butterfly collection in the “museum” my brother and I…
Yesterday’s snow has stuck around and stuck to the trees. The drive to Burlington yesterday was glorious—the SE sides of the mountains flocked in white. Despite the reduced hours of…
After our walk yesterday, as is often the case, I relized I’d like to learn more about exactly what we saw, like the names of the ferns. Names are useful,…
Still Learning To See 