This is a rather after-the-event post, but, my goodness! Did anyone else in the area see the lightning show Monday night? TEAL! Pink! Blues, of course. But much teal! Lots and lots…

Now, that's a proper start to a Maryland spring: rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.

I love seasons, seasonal change and the cycles of nature. These past few days following February 2 and the midpoint between winter and spring have been lovely. There's a SOUND to the post-Feb-2nd air: The…

You may not give it much thought, but there is so much involved in getting those perfectly-shaped, blemish-free, robust-looking veggies to the store. I know because they rarely emerge from the garden. As…

How cool is this? A neighbor edged their grass near where a municipal tree had been removed the year prior. And then this happened!

JOMO. Apparently, it's a term, a word, an acronym that has been around for awhile, though it's one I only heard for the first time last night at a party of mostly Burners-not-at-Burning-Man who…

I was weeding, "edging" by hand the encroaching grass around the fig tree at my mom's place, when a toad hopped out from where I was working. I paused. It paused. Toads have…

I love ants! I don't necessarily want them in my home, 'course, but they are quite the creatures, are they not? I was in Costa Rica recently and found myself mesmerized with these leaf-cutter ants.…

Bolting endive. Yes, it's hot outside. The cool-weather greens stand not a chance. Their season has ended; time for the summer fruits and vegetables to begin to mature and ripen. How I love the…

What an odd site to come upon: a recently dead bluejay on the side of the road. I'm guessing it was hit by a car or truck and killed, but, then again, I'm…

I've seen a lot of dandelions in my life. Countless! I know a "normal" dandelion when I see one. I was weeding in a patch of tall lilies when I saw this monstrosity. This…

I grew up--while not in open fields, farmland nor forests--in a fairly nature-based childhood nestled within the relatively safe confines of the suburbs. My childhood was predominantly in Columbia, Maryland, in the '70s,…