On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
It was mostly overcast throughout the day, but the sun started poking out in the late afternoon. Temperatures were in the 40s throughout the day, though it is now down to 38F according to the thermometer in our carport. I went for a walk this evening. There was nice light filtering through the broken overcast. … Read more
Pixie Cup Lichen (Cladonia sp.) I find this a good time of year to go out and take a look at the little things. The light is coming back and the temperatures are warmer, but the larger vascular plants have yet to obscure the little things with their towering structures of stem and leaf. I … Read more
I went up to Indian River Falls today and noticed a number of small streams that were still flowing with little ice (while others, sometimes larger streams, were frozen solid). I think the free flowing water must have come out of the ground at a temperature well above freezing and a flow rate such that, … Read more
For the second year in a row (last year’s entry), I participated in the Christmas Bird Count by hiking up Mt. Verstovia trail and cutting down into Indian River Valley. Like last year, I was hoping to see some birds up high that do not normally show up in town. Unlike last year, the weather … Read more
Some students had been planning to spend Thanksgiving weekend camping at Camp Lake and one of them invited me to come up and visit if I wanted. That got me thinking about going to Medvejie. It’s been over a year since I last went there, so I thought it would be good to head out … Read more
There were many flowers in bloom along Starrigavan Ridge and quite a few of them were ones that I had not previously noticed. The heathers were blooming profusely, especially the white mountain heather. Shooting stars were in abundance in the wetter areas. Butterworts were common, and I saw a few Alaska Violets. New to me … Read more