Drawing water from the spring
Drawing water from a spring inspires reflection on where this essential resource comes from.
Read MoreDrawing water from a spring inspires reflection on where this essential resource comes from.
Read MoreWhere have all the flowers gone? It’s a hackneyed question, but I needed an answer today. I found them growing by the Grand…
Read MoreThe charming wildflower, goldthread, is one of the earliest to appear in Central Ontario woodlands, even before trilliums. The ground around our cottage…
Read MoreAt the cottage a few days ago I had a close encounter with this red fox. From time to time over the years…
Read MoreI’m grateful to be able to step outside my backdoor and into green space. I had to work ahead on a writing assignment…
Read More“Watch for them in later summer when they fly from place to place in fields and clearings,” suggests Bugs of Ontario, a Lone…
Read MoreThis morning while digging the last potatoes from the garden, I disturbed this vole. At first sight, it darted from a clod of…
Read MoreI could sit for hours on the dock at the cottage, just watching the water glide and nature unfold. On calm days (and…
Read MoreThe bullfrogs are back, at least for this summer, and I found a musical mnemonic for their song in one of Beethoven’s symphonies….
Read MoreEvery 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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