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Aberrant goldenrod
October 12, 2020 - Just as all that glitters isn't necessarily gold, all that's called goldenrod isn't always golden... well, not completel...
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Stick situation
August 28, 2020 - I just about missed this marvelous creature, which we call a Walkingstick—one word, for the insect; two, for the hiking...
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Character assassination
July 31, 2019 - If you comb just about any collection of flowers, especially those of hydrangeas and goldenrods, you may notice a small,...
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Boys from girls
September 20, 2018 - As warm and wet as it has been, the summer's most abundant harvest has probably been the plethora of mosquitoes we're ex...
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Goldenrod dazzler
September 16, 2018 - There are goldenrods in glorious bloom everywhere you look, and one of the tried and true ways that members of the Solid...
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Silver, not gold
September 06, 2018 - Nature's first green may be gold, notes Robert Frost in his classic poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," but the floral world...
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Unexpected gold
November 20, 2017 - As I was walking today on my usual rounds... and slightly increasing my distance to about a mile... I did think to do so...
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Color splash
September 03, 2017 - Several years ago, our town made a truly enlightened decision and bought the old Hewitt Farm to preserve as open space....
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Gold digger
August 26, 2017 - I had seen this handsome and rather frighteningly large wasp patrolling a variety of flowers throughout the month, but,...
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Well-worn traveler
August 18, 2016 - To get ready to lead a public walk on the 27th to the Thomas Miner refuge, a place I got to know intimately a couple of...
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Gall-ing
March 01, 2016 - I was on the trail this afternoon through an old meadow that is giving way to weeds and small shrubs, but because nothin...
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Almost a wrap
December 18, 2015 - The hardy cyclamens in our garden have certainly lived up to their name. While it's certainly been way warmer than norma...
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New and different goldenrod
October 03, 2015 - Today was dump day—well, Transfer Station and Landfill day, since we no longer have a dump—and after I sent the outright...
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The real hayfever enemy
August 12, 2015 - In August, or, as it is known to the long-suffering, hay fever season, a bout of sneezing, sniffling, and other respirat...
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A lot of gall
January 18, 2015 - If you spend any time hiking through overgrown, weedy fields after the frosts have laid claim to most of the leaves, you...
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A question answered
September 16, 2014 - I spent most of today inside, specifically, inside the computer lab of our local middle school where I had the incredibl...
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Goldenrod gem
September 15, 2014 - I am woefully deficient when it comes to identifying members of the vast insect order Coleoptera, but earlier this summe...
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