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Continue reading →: Working with Turtles
May 18, 2023 On Thursday, I volunteered with the DNR on a turtle project. I stopped at the bridge to take photos. The beavers had rebuilt a lodge next to it on the north side. Geese flew by further up the lake. Swallows made a ruckus going back and forth…
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Continue reading →: Mid-May Walk in the Woods
May 15, 2023 Yesterday, I walked in the woods without my camera. It had been raining off and on all day. I thought about skipping my walk but decided I needed to get out as my mood was darker than the sky. I set out along my usual path, up…
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Continue reading →: Children’s Book: Dandelions
I am so excited to announce my first children’s book is now available for purchase at https://a.co/d/19ycM9P Please share this post and spread the word for me! And if you would be so generous as to purchase my book, please write a review on Amazon. (If you are a fellow…
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Continue reading →: Children’s Books
I am so excited to announce that I will be publishing my first children’s book in February, “Dandelions”! (Via Amazon) I have been toying with the idea for many years and now am finally doing it. Please share this post and spread the word for me! All my children’s book…
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Continue reading →: Searching for Mushrooms
May 11, 2023 Again I set out for another evening walk after milking cows. I just need the outdoor/ in the woods time. I also wanted to harvest a few pounds of garlic mustard, and was hoping to find mushrooms (hoping for morels). The pastures had grown so well the…
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Continue reading →: Springtime in the Woods
May 7, 2023 I was back in the woods this evening, my usual haunt – down the pasture lane, past the peninsula of trees, under the fence by the walnut trees. The little red squirrel, Charlie yelled at me again as it always does. I have also seen a doe…
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Continue reading →: Further Signs of Spring
May 1, 2023 Nothing changes a whole lot in the winter months other than how much snow is on the ground. Sometimes March is the same way, though it used to be a roller coaster, bouncing between winter and spring but the last couple of years that has been pushed…
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Continue reading →: The Elegant Paper Birch
A lone paper birch tree, betula papyrifera, stood in the shady side yard of my childhood farm, a white beacon in a dim yard, unassuming and yet eye-catching. I knew from a very early age that this was a special tree; Mom had all but said so when she forbade…
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Continue reading →: A Splash of Green
April 25, 2023 It seems like the weather is taking a little longer to warm up again after the snowfall on the 16th. Although the snow is now mostly gone, only lingering in shaded areas, frost crystals clung to the plants this morning as I set out on my walk…
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Continue reading →: Spring or Winter?
April 2023 Walking across the yard, down the road, up the hill and down into the pasture lane, there was no trace of snow. Hints of green could be seen here and there in the grass, though it was not truly greening up just yet. My walk on April 10th…
In Pursuit of Wonder 