Yesterday was a beautiful December day with temperatures in the mid-forties. When I took my afternoon walk it felt like spring to me. There were still a few tiny patches of snow but not many. And the birds, oh my stars how the birds were singing and flitting from place Read more…
Every mid-November I drive by Medicine Lake regularly waiting to see the Trumpeter Swans on the Lake Medicine Lake has been one of the stops on their migration south for the past few years. And mid to late November is the time I usually see these magnificent birds on the Read more…
What a difference a day can make this time of year! In the view from my window this morning it was snow that captivated me, not Northern Shoveler ducks. Though I wonder where the ducks went. Three of them stayed in the pond all day yesterday dabbling and circling even Read more…
Sunday morning for the first time since we’ve lived here, I noticed a pair of northern shoveler ducks in the pond behind our house. I had to look them up in my bird book to identify them. This morning when I woke up there were a dozen northern shovelers in Read more…
This is how I felt while I was hiking in Wolsfeld Woods yesterday… Wonderful Wonderful As in full of wonder, astonished, awed, delighted, filled with joy! It was a golden cathedral and I was worshiping the only way I know how — through experiencing wonder, gratitude, and joy. Instructions for Read more…