The weather yesterday would have had a forecaster jumping around, switching hats and re-writing the script at least a hundred times: cold, warm, rain, sun…everything but snow flurries and, importantly,…
Sometimes when I swat a mosquito away or flick an ant off my shirt, I stop to think about what an amazing little miracle the little critter is. Mow the…
Certainly I never thought about trees flowering when I was younger. Leaves, branches, bark are all so noticeable. Flowers, many at least, are often less so. I clearly remember learning…
Every year at this time I fall in love again with hosta plants. Why not?! Here are just a few good reasons for my love…
I just never know what a day will bring. Snow clinging to the trees one day and the next much of it had melted and turned into ice clinging to…
From an old friend, no longer with us in body, but often around in spirit and the words she left us.
The American Chestnut is a remarkable tree species. Many have never heard of it and few have seen them growing majestically in the wild, giants that they were. A highly…
I’ve often wondered why materials that are in short supply, like gold, are valued by some as treasure. The notion of something like pyrite or fool’s gold which anyone can…
One of the great delights of seeing flowers and leaves is the fact that light can be both reflected by their surfaces while also being transmitted through them. The balance…
The winds last week across much of the Midwest and Northeast were remarkable, both for their speed and their duration over three days. A new February record was set on…
