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Every day, if the weather is reasonable, which is to say not pouring (and sometimes even then), I try to start the morning with a walk through the woods and fields near home—a trek that includes many, many stops to photograph the natural history I find along the way. There can be a second "nature hike" when I break for lunch, and there are days when I'm outdoors keeping tabs on the natural world from dawn to dusk, as well as after dark. I've made my living as a photojournalist, specializing in science and medicine, for more than 39 years, and documenting nature in pictures and words has long been a passion. Every day brings a new discovery. Every day, I'll try to post the best one. Oh mini Tannenbaum
December 10, 2017
Winter Storm Benji, much feared, did not turn out to be the gale of the century. In fact, it didn't turn out to be much more than much-ado-about-nothing. I'll be generous...
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A storm called Benji
December 09, 2017
For one of the rare times in my life, I greeted the Weather Channel's shrill advisory that the nor'easter they'd named Benji was going to be the real thing with something...
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Going to seed
December 08, 2017
Almost all of what passes for our landscape is in shade, and this, of course, means that over the past 30-plus years, we've become devotees of plants that require little...
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Completely unexpected blossom
December 07, 2017
OK, I lied... but not deliberately. A few days ago, when I noted that Witch Hazels were the last flowers to appear, I honestly believed that I was telling the unvarnished...
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Spinulosity
December 05, 2017
Most of the ferns have gone to ground, but a few of them are evergreen and make every walk in the woods an identification challenge. This one I found lying down on the jo...
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