On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Plants
Weather: It was mostly cloudy this morning with no noticable breeze. It remained mostly cloudy, but the wind came up later in the morning out of the West or Southwest. Birds: Birds I heard singing this morning included the Winter Wrens, American Robin, and Varied Thrush. As I was getting started for my third try … Read more
A chilly night with rain and snow in the forecast turned into a mostly clear sunny day. I took a walk down to Totem Park and was rewarded with the first of the expected migrating shorebirds. Weather: There was snow on the ground this morning, but it was clear over town. The wind was blowing … Read more
It was a pleasant partly cloudy morning, with increasing clouds into the afternoon. I took a late morning walk to Totem Park, but did not see anything out of the ordinary. By this afternoon there was a light rain. Weather: Skies were partly cloudy when I went to class this morning. The sun was shining … Read more
I took a break from working on the consulting project to walk down to Totem Park in the late afternoon. It was a quiet gray day during most of my walk. People and birds both seemed laying low under the flat gray overcast skies. On such a gray day, it seemed that the colors of … Read more
Though it was overcast, temperatures were pleasant and I was able to take advantage and go for a couple of short walks during the day. I noticed several plants that have grown up a fair amount, seemingly overnight. I think it is more the case that it had just been a couple of days since … Read more
Today was the first day in quite some time that there was enough precipitation to make the ground wet. There was not enough to penetrate very deep or form puddles, but it definitely made a difference. The story of the day in the woods was how green everything looked. At first I was uncertain whether … Read more