Late May is a wondrous time in Wisconsin. Deciduous trees and shrubs are cloaked in newly emerging leaves, and conifer branches are tipped with light green new growth. Wildflowers burst from the ground and the first of the spring ephemerals … Continue reading
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Somehow, spring is in it’s highest gear right now. Migrant birds which spend the winter in tropics have now traveled north and are reaching us – hummingbirds, rose-breasted grosbeaks, warblers, buntings, orioles – all are showing up in our yards … Continue reading
As is so often the case, spring seems to crawl along here on the Lakeshore. Tracking the dates of seaonal events in nature is called phenology, and it’s interesting to compare from year to year. A lot of seasonal events … Continue reading
Weren’t we in the grip of winter just a couple of weeks ago? Now the snow is almost gone and birds are migrating in huge numbers, striving to reach vacant nesting territories. The birds are an obvious sign of spring, … Continue reading
On Sundays, we visit my mom who is in a wonderful apartment in an assisted living facility. Truth be told, after raising my siblings and me she certainly has earned the right to a little extra TLC. However, on Sundays … Continue reading