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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.

Another mushroom mystery

July 29, 2018
After the recent deluge that, amen, amen, removed us from the yellow "abnormally dry" designation at the U.S. Drought Monitor site, there have been mushrooms coming up ev...
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Good beetle behavior

July 28, 2018
I am not, in all honesty, a beetle expert, and while this might sound a tad maudlin, I don't think I have time in this life to become one. So be it. But there are at leas...
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In the swim

July 27, 2018
Mea culpa... I should probably stop featuring my granddaughter in these posts and get back to writing about natural history, but... but... there are days when we're so bu...
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Old berry friends

July 26, 2018
I had hoped to take Stasia blueberry-picking at one of several potential terrific places, but the heat, humidity, and bugs have kept her from giving that kind of expediti...
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Up and away!

July 25, 2018
This didn't turn out to be a trekking day, but we still managed to spend a lot of time outdoors, even if it was only in the backyard. My daughter had given Stasia a goodi...
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