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,…
I, unexpectedly, spent an unexpected amount of time watching--and listening to--this unexpectedly fascinating series of videos of a rescued-at-10-days-old starling bird (now eight years old, I believe) and his vocalizations.
Fascinating. Starlings have mimicking…
For as much as I rant annually about the regional, arboreal horror known as The Ever-so-Invasive (and not particularly attractive) Bradford Pear Trees, I would like to thank, deeply, every single home owner,…
Well, that's rather interesting. Folks be eatin' this, calling it a delicacy.
I posted this photo on Facebook and was shocked by how many of my friends had tried it, and in many a…
So, I went out this afternoon to catch some of the last rays of sun, hoop a bit and, well, enjoy the expanse of a big open field near my home in Maryland.
As…
There's a new kid in town. (Well, actually, she's retired and not a kid, but she is a new neighbor at the Columbia Gardeners Long Reach plots.) Nice, huh? She knows what…
Why, yes, that is a photo of a praying mantis killing and eating a humming bird. Thank you, Internet!
Carnivores gonna carnivore, right?
Apparently, they rather like bird brains, burrowing through the soft-tissue eye sockets…
I don't know when it happened. Maybe I was in elementary school. Probably.
I saw some video, some film, some something or other at school in which a moray eel, its size and strength…
I know better than to be fooled by the FEELING of spring in the air.
I live in Maryland--have most of my life--and I know even a mild winter such as how this one…
I live near.a lake. Not a real lake, that is, because I live in Maryland, and while we get to boast being home in large part to the Chesapeake Bay along with being…
An evening walk around #LakeElkhorn, spinning my fire staff as I did (working on my chi roll), listening to classical guitar ... and this--THIS!--was my backdrop.