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Our own crocus flower show

March 18, 2019 - A mere day or two after I spotted the first Crocus blooms at a well-situated, south-facing, heat-absorbing-and-releasing...

March 15, 2019 - Before I kvell about this year's grand opening of the first crocus, I need to add a little truth in advertising. First,...

February 25, 2019 - First, it was the crocus shoots. Today, with the temperature still staying on the relatively warm side... well, for Febr...

March 12, 2018 - In a recent scientific paper I scanned, the headline touted members of the housefly congregation as the dominant pollina...

February 26, 2018 - A few days ago, I reported what seemed like a semi-tragedy, i.e., the local White-tailed Deer, hungry for greenery at th...

February 22, 2018 - I was hoping that today would be the hallowed day when the very first crocuses that were so ready yesterday to bloom wou...

February 21, 2018 - One of the most wonderful parts of being a gardener is having early blooming bulbs that can document the start of the gr...

March 20, 2017 - It's still cold to start the day, but it's definitely warming up in the afternoon, and though a combination of still fie...

March 02, 2017 - I've started to rigorously put the newest addition to the photographic toolkit—a refurbished 85mm Nikkor micro lens—thro...

February 24, 2017 - Remember that this is February, not, as would be nice but hardly remarkable, April. Remember that when you open the door...

March 10, 2016 - With the temperatures heading towards 70—no doubt record-warm territory—and my granddaughter Stasia in tow, the naturali...

March 07, 2016 - The first day of spring, as marked by the vernal equinox—the moment that the sun crosses the celestial equator and the h...

February 22, 2016 - My shadow, a.k.a., my granddaughter Stasia, and I had spent part of the afternoon hiking... of course... and when we ret...

March 24, 2015 - The tree murderers arrived this afternoon to begin the destruction of the doomed woodlot across the street, but they did...

March 17, 2015 - With every little bit of new warmth—and there have been a few episodes—you can start to see that, yes indeed, there is s...