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Continue reading →: February Snowshoeing
February 4, 2023 After my walk last week, I strapped on snowshoes so I wouldn’t be postholing this time. A fierce wind greeted me. The wind shifted the snow, creating beautiful patterns, like shifting sands on a beach. I walked along the road, up a slight incline, turned left, and…
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Continue reading →: Hiking a Goat Prairie
Jan 15, 2023 Jesse and I went to Larry’s to hike to the top of his bluff where there’s a goat prairie. Larry warned us the walk would be challenging; we’d be postholing the entire way up. But Jesse was determined and I love the exercise. Jesse led the way…
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Continue reading →: Walking in January
January 16, 2023 Saturday morning at 7:30 am, I went for a long overdue walk. (I used to walk at least three hours a week, especially in the winter time and probably up to six hours – a habit I desperately need to pick up again.) I walked out the…
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Continue reading →: Breathless at Frontenac
October 30, 2022 Small, quiet tinkling fills the air as the river licks gently the foot of the bluff. Gulls cry out, transporting us to the sea. The sound of tissue paper being crinkled drifts down the bluffside as frantic gray squirrels rustle and dig in the leaf litter, sometimes…
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Continue reading →: Seeking Solace in the Woods
October 9, 2022 This year has been a struggle with the construction of the parlor, adapting to it and being short on milking labor; which has brought me to tears countless times and made me feel lonely and taken advantage of by my in-laws. I sought solace and company in…
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Continue reading →: An October Walk
October 2, 2022 I set out through the backyard, down the bit of driveway and road to the pasture. Dandelions nicked by the frost had blackened tips. The pasture was full of clover and thick lush grass. Field corn is being chopped on the hill above. The hoodie was a…
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Continue reading →: Mushroom Hunting with my Niece
September 22, 2022 Today, Anne and I went mushroom hunting in the woods. I hadn’t been out since last October so it was long overdue and great that Anne got me out there. Instead of borrowing the ranger or a four wheeler to go across the fields to the woods,…
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Continue reading →: September Woods
September 25, 2021 Late morning, I swung my leg over my bicycle, and proceeded down the gravel road to the other farmstead. Before the old barn, I turned right, down the field driveway to the pasture gate below the barn. I slipped off my bicycle, laid it down, opened the…
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Continue reading →: Autumn Delight
October 9, 2021 Last week, Mom and I walked along the wood edge looking for white oak acorns to give to Larry so he could plant them. Mom named tree species we passed; American elm, American basswood, black cherry, aspen, paper birch, sugar maple. Though we passed bur oak and…
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Continue reading →: Woodland Trek in Mud Season (Part II)
I walked down the hillside toward the huge ravine. My footsteps in the snow are way too loud. Photographing and touching trees as I mosey past. Despite the trees and plants still being dormant, it is so beautiful. The ravine widens. I head towards a snowless area just above the…
