Archive for the 'Flora/Environs' Category

Out There

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

We had a most beautiful visitor today- one we haven’t seen on our property for way too long. The oddity is Evening Grosbeaks travel in large mixed focks, but this bright fella is alone. I don’t usually take feeder images, but I’m still very weak - it was grand just to see him […]

Month of the Planting Moon

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

“Trees are the earths’ endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.”
(Rabindranath Tagore)
It’s hard to believe we’re already into May, yikes. We made another long and tiresome trip to Ann Arbor earlier in the week, and I wish I’d at least stuck my small Canon g6 in my purse. There’s not much I enjoy […]

In Search of Spring Peepers

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

No spring peepers yet- but the light and reflections in this local flooded hardwoods caught my eye on a short excursion yesterday. My hands have missed my cameras :)
And I heard another new sound today from our woods- the drumming of a male Ruffed Grouse. Love is in the air.

Month of the Flower (And New Birdsongs) Moon

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

‘If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ‘
(Audra Foveo)
Although we still have quite a bit of snowcover in our woods, small areas of earth are becoming more visible each day- and we have a few […]

Only 13 More Days Until Spring

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Round-lobed Hepaticas
But who’s counting?
;)

Planning (and planting) for Spring

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

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I took the above image a couple years ago from a local e hospital parking lot..my face was being pelted by a strong blizzard but I witnessed something quite magical.. the waxwings were snatching huge snowflakes out of the air. There were dozens of them, perched in a floweing crab […]