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That’s all fir now
During the winter, each month, it seems, comes with its own affliction. I just got through the January Itch, and now I’m facing the February Slump. January is the time of the winter when I first start...
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Tay Meadows Tidbit – Tree rings in snow
We’ve been having some warmer temperatures over the last couple of weeks. Warmer being a relative term, of course – most days it’s still at or below freezing, though perhaps not by much. We’ve had...
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Serviceberry
The first flowering tree to produce blossoms in spring here, right after the yellow Forsythia bushes, and before the apple trees, seems to be the serviceberry. There are several different species of...
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Extending the feeding season
One of my primary reasons for starting up this blog, nearly three years ago, was that it would encourage me to learn new things about the world around me. And so it has. Most of the time it’s through...
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Fir galls
Continuing with the theme of the left-behind… I do a lot of peering at branches in the winter months, after most life has gone into hiding. Sometimes some interesting discoveries can be made, affixed...
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Marking the passage of time
My goodness, is it Saturday already? Where has the week gone? Apparently it’s been a busy week for me. Just a quick post today, too, as I’m headed out to my parents’ for the weekend. When out hiking...
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Jumping to conclusions
Part of the grove with the trees in question. The four trunks on the right were peppered with holes, while the two on the left had none. A little over a year ago, in December of 2009, I was snowshoeing...
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Done in by a sapsucker
Sorry to keep you in suspense! Here’s the final photo: It was a sapsucker after all. Of course, you all knew that, didn’t you? If not by the photos/evidence, then simply by the title of yesterday’s...
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Two curious trees
That is to say, two strange and interesting trees (I doubt the trees feel all that much curiosity, although we do suffer from something of a language barrier, so who’s to say, really; it’s probably a...
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During the break…
During the break… …I’ve been hard at work on the moth proofs. I’m at 45 hours (and counting) spent bent over my drafting table, red pen in hand. Most of these hours have been spent in drawing in the...
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