Drawing water from the spring
Drawing water from a spring inspires reflection on where this essential resource comes from.
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Where have all the flowers gone?
Where have all the flowers gone? It’s a hackneyed question, but I needed an answer today. I found them growing by the Grand…
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Goldthread, brief beauty in the woods
The charming wildflower, goldthread, is one of the earliest to appear in Central Ontario woodlands, even before trilliums. The ground around our cottage…
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Close encounter with a red fox
At the cottage a few days ago I had a close encounter with this red fox. From time to time over the years…
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Thanksgiving hope for a transformative future
I’m grateful to be able to step outside my backdoor and into green space. I had to work ahead on a writing assignment…
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Praying mantis: look for this effective predator
“Watch for them in later summer when they fly from place to place in fields and clearings,” suggests Bugs of Ontario, a Lone…
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The vole that ate my potatoes
This morning while digging the last potatoes from the garden, I disturbed this vole. At first sight, it darted from a clod of…
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Nine interesting facts about water striders
I could sit for hours on the dock at the cottage, just watching the water glide and nature unfold. On calm days (and…
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Bullfrogs return to the lake, bellowing Beethoven
The bullfrogs are back, at least for this summer, and I found a musical mnemonic for their song in one of Beethoven’s symphonies….
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Dendroica: a great tool for learning birdsong
Every spring I review my birdsong recognition skills in time to run my route for the annual Breeding Bird Survey sometime around the…
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