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November 07, 2020 - Any dragonflies still on the wing last week were, most likely, done in by the killer frost that arrived on Halloween mor...

May 29, 2020 - The butterfly season is just now starting to get into high gear, and this afternoon, on the way home from a potential wo...

May 16, 2019 - This entry in the journal could have been about "the one that got away," and, in all honesty, it was beginning to look l...

October 30, 2018 - I didn't get in much of a trek, but with my granddaughter now enrolled in our local school for her very first day, I had...

July 26, 2018 - I had hoped to take Stasia blueberry-picking at one of several potential terrific places, but the heat, humidity, and bu...

May 15, 2018 - I know I posted a shot of Great Blue Herons yesterday, and I don't like to repeat myself, but this one was just too good...

September 12, 2017 - When I spotted this possible wasp working the Jewelweed leaves by the Assekonk Swamp, I realized, fairly fast, that it w...

April 20, 2017 - Today was not really Earth Day, our local NPR station's audio celebration to the contrary, but it was close enough to me...

December 11, 2016 - Stasia's safely back home in New Hampshire, and I'm back at work. I did, however, have a little bit of time to get out e...

December 08, 2016 - I was, praise be, well enough to spend the day working with the always-splendid sixth-grade biology students of Wheeler...

December 06, 2016 - My cold is finally showing signs of abating, and it's a good thing, since, in a couple of days, I'm scheduled to spend t...

October 20, 2016 - Teaching day today, and, although the weather threatened to be uncooperative, I really lucked out and was able to take a...

September 22, 2016 - Today marked the first formal day of autumn, and it found me on the trail for much of the morning and early afternoon. B...

November 06, 2015 - Today, for me, began ridiculously early. I was up in the gloomy semi-darkness of 6 a.m., something I hadn't been able to...

November 04, 2015 - In getting ready for one of my absolute favorite activities—spending the day at our local middle school to take the scie...