WoodSong

‘The greatest thing you’ll ever learn..
Is just to love.. and be loved in return.’

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I’m posting this a bit early as I hope to feel well enough tomorrow to get out and celebrate our 27th wedding anniversary.. (and Phoebes’ 2nd birthday!)
27 years ago, we stood in front of a minister in Poteau […]

‘Winking Marybuds begin
To open their golden eyes’
( Shakespeare)

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I took a quick trip with Garry down to check on the steelhead run in the Rifle River, hoping to see that the Marsh Marigolds had opened. They have- despite being a bit frosted last night, the ditches are teeming with these beautiful flowers.
Caltha palustris […]

Here’s Bill Maher’s take on the Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, Earth
Day and some other random thoughts on the environment….
‘Here’s a quote from Albert Einstein: “if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no […]

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‘If we human beings learn to see the intricacies that bind one part of a natural system to another and then to us, we will no longer argue about the importance of wilderness protection, or over the question of saving endangered species, or how human communities must base their economic futures – […]

‘Beloved of children, birds and spring.
O birds, your perfect virtues bring.
Your song, your forms, your rhythmic flight,
Your manners for the heart’s delight..
(R.W. Emerson)

While travelling back from town this afternoon, we moved a Blandings Turtle off the road, viewed our first garter snakes of the season, heard many chorusing wood/tree frogs and spring peepers.. and I […]

Some of you may have noticed I’ve removed several links from my sidebar. If you’re wondering why, I simply do not have time to visit them all.. and when I do visit many and see 48 comments already posted, I have to wait for all of the tiny little photos (which are nothing but a […]