May 31, 2023 We have a Red Fox family at the end of our short street. She denned under the deck of a summer home and it’s a very quiet, wooded lot without much human impact. Foxes easily adapt to human presence. It is not unusual, then, for fox to den in a neighborhood with …
May 2023 Today, May 10, and I am finally seeing some of the winter stressed grass in my small yard. Lots of snow still covers everything else, however. Despite that spring is in the air. Sandhill Cranes are returning from their winter haunts. This is the time of year we often see a pair standing …
April 11, 2023 Could it be that we are seeing some signs of Spring? A few days in the 50s is beginning to reduce some of the piles of snow. My driveway is clear! Starting to hear some bird song and the snow fleas are gathering on the surface of snow….do you remember the story …
March 10, 2023 snowmageddon!! Just like so many parts of the world, this winter has brought us much unexpected weather. Our snowpack has been as high as it’s been in many years, very few sunny days (we have much more sun most winters) and just as many places have come to experience, so much wind. …
January 9, 2023 Why do we feel such peace in the natural world? Have you ever stopped to think about that? “For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and I am free”. In a previous edition of this newsletter, I quoted Wendell Berry’s poem, The Peace of the Wild Things. That …