On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Located at in a saddle on Starrigavan Ridge at the transition between forest and subalpine meadow, Baby Bear Lake is a great place to visit on a warm sunny day. The snow-melt fed lake is pleasantly cool after the 2000 foot hike from the valley below, and the lakeshore meadow is just right for laying … Read more
going to the beach with the kids # compiling the spring bird report for Sitka (only a month late!) # Gathering materials for a caterpillar habitat. Connor and Rowan have found them on Elderberry and Alder so far today. # logistic regression; as usual, the hard part seems to be getting the data pulled into … Read more
It was a hazy but pleasantly warm afternoon when I rode my bike to check on a patch of feral strawberries that I found a couple of years ago (wild strawberries are in the area, but these are an escaped domestic variety) . Berries were already getting ripe three weeks ago, so I was hopeful … Read more
Smoke from distant fires (see here) resulted in a very red sun as it moved towards the north this evening. I enjoyed a pleasant evening outing to the airport and back, with a nice visit on the phone with my parents while watching the sun over the channel from the top of the bridge. My … Read more