On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Plants
A couple of days ago, Rowan found what I took to be a slime mold growing on the end of a cut log. I took the following picture of a part of it: I did not have my macro flash and it was located in a rather shaded part of the park, so I was … Read more
Rowan and I went a couple of different places today. We stopped by Swan Lake briefly to take a look. We also took a walk through the park. Weather: It was overcast for most of the day, with a very light rain that fell for a time. When we were at the park there was … Read more
I got up early and recorded some of the morning bird songs. Later in the morning Rowan spent some time with Melissa’s mom this morning and I had the chance to hike up part of Gavan and along the upper cross trail to the viewpoint. After picking her up, we went to Swan Lake and … Read more
Swainson’s Thrush Singing (465kb mp3) Weather: Saturday morning it was foggy, but the fog started to break up in the late morning. Sunday it rained throughout the day with low clouds. Birds: It seemed like the birds were singing more on Sunday. I am not sure if that had something to do with the bird’s … Read more
Melissa and Connor left on the late morning flight south, so Rowan and I had much of the day to ourselves. On the way home from the airport we stopped at Alice Island and went for a bit of a walk. Rowan had a lot of fun picking the abundant dandelions growing there. Weather: It … Read more
Weather: It was partly cloudy throughout the day with little wind. Birds: There was a Dark-eyed Junco calling today around the house, I later saw him foraging. It is the first one I have seen around the neighborhood since the flock that wintered here moved on. I heard the first Swainson’s Thrush I’ve heard singing … Read more