I enjoy winter, I really do. But by March I'm ready for spring. After all, that's when the calendar says it's supposed to arrive. Unfortunately, March in Wisconsin is a crazy month. It can be 75 degrees and sunny one…
Watching the recent Olympics in Tokyo reminded me that when Kathy and I lived in Portland, OR, we often visited the Portland Japanese Garden. The garden covers twelve acres in Portland's Washington Park and includes eight separate garden styles, an…
It's April 2 and yet, I received this in my email this morning! Are you craving your crocuses, impatiently awaiting your impatience, or disturbed with the dearth of daffodils? If so, you just might be getting tired of waiting for…
In September 2016 I wrote about attending an event sponsored by the Madison Audubon Society at Goose Pond Sanctuary where people were invited to help tag monarch butterflies to study their migration. This September I had another encounter with monarchs at…
Heading out of Beatty, Nevada, State Highway 374 runs southwest towards Death Valley National Park. It runs straight as an arrow for about 9 miles where it begins to wind its way up towards Daylight Pass between the Funeral Mountains…
Apple Blossoms It's difficult to pass up flowers, especially in the spring! I hope you'll pardon me for taking a break from my series of posts about Death Valley. Yesterday was May Day. The forecast was for rain but the…
We've had a very mild winter with very little snow. So, with one week until spring, Mother Nature and Old Man Winter conspired to dump snow on us. Fortunately, it was nothing compared to what the Northeast got, but it…
The continental divide -- we all learned about it in grade school. Precipitation falling to the east strives to reach the Atlantic Ocean; to the west, it wends its way to the Pacific. Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Parks also…
Most people could probably identify a monarch butterfly. And, I suspect that most people are aware of the dwindling population of monarchs and of the current efforts to reverse that trend. But, did you know that monarchs are the only…