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A Mirror in the Woods
Spring comes earliest to the bottoms of stagnant pools – there no cool winds blow – no hoar frosts penetrate – but they grow protected as under a glass. There are fewer disturbing influences to rob them of the full advantage of the sun’s increased altitude. ~Henry David Thoreau Conservation groups, in partnership with Partners… Read more
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On Silent Wings
All nature is a new impression every instant. ~Henry David Thoreau While out working in the yard yesterday I saw one of the early signs of a woodland spring, the first Falcate Orangetip butterfly. These dainty white butterflies flit through the woods for only a few weeks each year searching for mates and plants in… Read more
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Window Treatment
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. ~Langston Hughes Several times this winter I have heard that familiar thud that means a winged beauty has collided with my window. A quick glance shows the track left behind by such a collision – a few feathers… Read more
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Beware the Ice of March
Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. ~Robert Frost I went out before dawn this morning to get some firewood and skidded on a thin sheet of ice that had formed overnight on the deck. The dreaded freezing rain had bent over the shrubs near the deck as the thermometer… Read more
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March Madness
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. ~Henry Van Dyke About two weeks ago, I blogged about what I thought would be my last snow of the season. The day I posted that topic, it snowed… Read more
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Signs
A track is a window to the past of an animal. Look at the ground as if it were a manuscript of the animal’s life. ~Tom Brown I took advantage of the warm weather yesterday and walked down the power line to a beautiful tract of woods I like to visit. It is a fairly… Read more
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The Last Snow?
What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. ~John Steinbeck Over the weekend I made a quick trip to my parents’ home in southwest Virginia . Like many regions in the East, their area has had a long cold winter. But, I am one of those strange… Read more
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Reserved Parking
Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight how to get from shore to food and back again. ~Richard Bach Ring-billed Gulls are very adaptable creatures. They are a common inhabitant of our inland reservoirs in winter where they often fly out each day to forage in landfills or other… Read more
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A Chip on My Shoulder
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. Henry David Thoreau Sparrows….seems like people either love them or hate them.… Read more
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A Frog in My Throat
Frogs are the birds of the night. Henry David Thoreau There is something magical about the sounds of frogs and toads. In my museum days, I used to do a workshop activity where participants got a call sheet for a local frog or toad species. Each sheet had a photo and a description of the… Read more
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