Black Willow (Salix nigra) grows along many of the river banks. Some of these are very large trees that do a good job of reducing erosion. The late afternoon sun…
Yesterday when Rob and I were walking around Eshqua Bog yesterday and found many new leaves already cut by insects and fallen to the ground. Leaves of American Beech (Fagus…
The leaves of the American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) always amaze me. They have been unfolding these past few weeks. In another few they’ll have provided food to many creatures and…
The light was a bit flat and the greens are still struggling to fill but the company today was great and the locations—Greenbank’s Hollow and Peacham—stunningly beautiful. I can plainly…
The other day I opened my big mouth and said something really dumb: “I don’t like Crab Apple trees!” I did qualify it, but especially this time of year saying…
I so love having flowers on the table, close at hand. Seeing them in all of the different kinds of light is such a treat even if the wind and…
“As long as this exists,” I thought, “and I may live to see it, this sunshine, the cloudless skies, while this lasts, I cannot be unhappy.” The best remedy for…
One of the joys for me of living in the same place for many years is discovering places where a flower or a group of flowers grows and returns each…
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