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Pungo Heat
…the light of July and August is the day’s dazzle, hot light, with the season’s dust slowly accumulating and making the sky we see a giant silvered reflector. ~Hal Borland Last Friday was probably the hottest day of this summer thus far. So, naturally, I decided to head to the Pungo Unit of Pocosin Lakes… Read more
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Trail Cam Delights
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. ~Boris Pasternak The heat of summer seems to have slowed the activity around the trail cameras in our woods, but sometimes, amid all the images of squirrels, raccoons, and wind blown leafy branches, there is is a jewel that really makes me appreciate the 24-hour… Read more
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More of the Little Things in Life
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. ~Emily Dickinson I’ve been wandering around the yard again, camera in hand, looking for the little things that might be living alongside us. The heat of summer tends to make a lot of the big things (like me) a bit… Read more
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Glimpses of Life in the Woods
Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world. ~John Muir There is so much we see when we spend time in nature, but having a few trail cameras set out shows how much we miss. Here are a few of the wildlife happenings our three cameras caught over the past couple of… Read more
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It’s the Small Things
Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination. ~Rudolf Arnheim I’m blaming it on our month-long trip out West… Read more
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Homeward Bound
We should come home from adventures, and perils and discoveries every day with new experience and character. ~Henry David Thoreau NOTE – This is the final post from our 7200 mile truck camping trip in May. Leaving Yellowstone was the start of our long journey home. Time on the road passes so quickly and we… Read more
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All Roads Lead To…
To those who know it and love it, Yellowstone is not so much a place as it is a concept—it is a bastion of wilderness and a beautiful,… reminder of all that once was pristine, bold, and untamed. ~Bob Sihler This is the next to last in the series of reports on our truck camping… Read more
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Bear River
For me, it always come back to the land, respecting the land, the wildlife, the plants, the rivers, mountains, and deserts, the absolute essential bedrock of our lives. This is the source of where my power lies, the source of where all our power lies. ~Terry Tempest Williams It was hard to leave Boulder Mountain,… Read more
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New Parks and More
If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it. ~President Lyndon B. Johnson Just a reminder, these latest… Read more
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Desert Seclusion
I will fill myself with the desert and the sky. I will be stone and stars, unchanging and strong and safe. The desert is complete; it is spare and alone, but perfect in its solitude. I will be the desert. ~Kiersten White Much of our time in the Southwest was spent under red flag warnings… Read more
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