On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
My parents are in town and my dad and I went over to the airport to pick some strawberries. We also went down to the park this evening so he could see what spearscale looked like and to check out the cherry tree. Weather: Very wet. The rain did actually stop briefly for a time … Read more
Clearly I have not managed to keep up with the updates over the last couple of weeks. I have been spending some time outside, mostly with work, but my attention has been elsewhere. A couple of things I forgot to mention previously were the berries. What few salmonberries there are started get ripe two or … Read more
Yesterday as Jonathan and I were coming down from Picnic Rock on Mt. Verstovia, I happened to spot a ptarmigan right beside the trail. As it turned out, it was a whole Willow Ptarmigan Family. There was both a male and female along with what appeared to be two chicks. The chicks were pretty good … Read more
I had been asked to work today, but it was Jonathan’s last full day in town, so I told them I would only do tours if he could come along. We went in this morning to find out that one of the charters that had originally been scheduled was canceled, so I was not actually … Read more
(note the person at the base of the tree) Today Jonathan, Kitty LaBounty and I went up to measure the large Western Hemlock tree. None of us has much experience measuring big trees according to the guidelines in the National Register of Big Trees, but we did the best we can. We used a 100 … Read more
Jonathan, the kids, and I took a short walk to Totem Park today so I could introduce Jonathan to Kitty LaBounty. Jonathan is interested in doing more with plants and Kitty has worked as a botanist for a number of years. Weather: Overcast with light winds. It started raining this evening. Birds: I am still … Read more