It was love at first site when I saw this tree in my sister’s neighborhood on a post-Thanksgiving dinner walk last year. It is deciduous and a conifer. It has cones and it loses its needles in the fall which makes for quite a striking sight in the cold months. Continue reading
Evolution: fish walking out of the water
When I hear about strandings, my imagination seems to take me to the evolutionary image of sea animals turning into land animals. I have a cartoon in my mind of fish “walking” out of the water. Are these dolphins trying to leave the ocean for land? I guess not…
Close to 200 dolphins have become stranded along the beaches of Cape Cod Bay this winter in what is turning out to be the largest ever mass standing for the area. Continue reading
Once upon a time there was a pink heart and a purple heart.
Do you live in a cold climate? Do you have small children? Do they go crazy without physical activity most days? Are the slides at your neighborhood park still beneath a layer of ice?
How about creating an indoor obstacle course?! If you haven’t done this before it is lots of fun to plan, set up, and take turns going through. It is also great exercise for kids and will help you get through those last few weeks of winter. Continue reading
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This is my 100th post! Yipee!!! A multitude of moss, woodpeckers pecking, and wild onions… We are having a winter thaw! The 8-10 inches of snow from last weekend is gone and in its place, lots of bright green moss. … Continue reading
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Photo essay of vines All of these wild pictures were taken in my backyard. I got lost this morning in our small patch of woods looking at all the twisting vines and I had fun putting my point-and-shoot camera’s focus … Continue reading
