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July 13, 2020 - When I got a note from my TriTown Forest Preserve friends about trying to locate a mystery fern that might, according to...

May 01, 2019 - Whether I deserved it or not... whether I expected it or not... I managed to turn 69 today, and after an earlier celebra...

September 29, 2018 - Among the end-of-the-growing-season wildflowers, I'd rate the members of the Gentian family at just about at the top of...

April 20, 2018 - It's always a great time to walk in the wetlands, but the last part of April may be the best time of all. There are, of...

April 03, 2018 - In this most grudging of springs, it all-too-often feels like the growing season is never going to get started. But, of...

April 29, 2017 - It's a good thing I'm still fairly flexible, since, at this point in the spring, I'm spending an inordinate amount of my...

April 11, 2017 - In the spring, there are many variations on the "opening day" theme, from the welcome signs on the golf courses and gard...

May 30, 2016 - Today started out sodden and sad. To be sure, the rain—and it was real rain, for a change—was a genuine blessing, but it...

March 29, 2016 - Given how warm March has been—with, of course, an exception made for a one-day snowstorm and a few minor cold snaps—I'd...

July 12, 2015 - There are sure-fire signs of every season, some of them obvious, some of them more subtle. I think the procession of gra...

April 20, 2015 - The bloom season for an exquisite wildflower known as the Trailing Arbutus is a tricky thing to time, but after a few ye...

October 19, 2014 - After a morning—and a chilly one at that—outside with my granddaughter, we came in from raking leaves and I headed off t...

August 20, 2014 - One of the fixtures in the newspaper column I've been writing weekly since February 1978 is a constant searching for har...

August 16, 2014 - The first of the wild asters have started to bloom. There are many different species around here, the premier blooms of...