I led a tree pruning workshop today and, as I often do, fell in love with the trees all over again. The relationship with trees in an urban environment, in…
Clear night last night with a nearly full moon and this morning the ground was covered with frost. But the sun is so obviously a spring one, bright against the…
To paraphrase Ratty from Wind in the Willows, “nothing is so fine as messing about on snowshoes.” Rob logged our walk on a GPS. As we were packing up, he…
Light, really light, by 6am. When did that happen? Temperature was -4F but the sky as clear as a bell. My two hiking pals both game to walk a new piece…
Today overflowed. Catching up with friends via email. Two new books on lichens. A great meeting. A long walk with my friend and photo buddy, Rob. Even if the walk…
My friend Rob and I hiked on snowshoes in an old pasture now overgrown with trees, mostly White Pine (Pinus strobus), Big-toothed Poplar (Populus grandidentata) and a number of invasive species. Along…
When summer’s leaves fall, hidden treasures are revealed. What a delight seeing nests that had been hidden in plain view just a month before. Or the shape of a tree’s…
I had the great honor today to stand with my sister under a great spreading limbs of an amazing White Oak (Quercus alba), a 300+ year old beauty known as…
Walking in the woods this week has been a delight. Just enough snow to simplify seeing—shapes, silhouettes, colors all so apparent—and to have a page on which so many stories…
Lovely being back in Vermont today, even if it was 7F this morning and gray all day, a challenge after a week in warmer, sunnier North Carolina. A long walk…
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