Harbingers
With nearly a full third of astronomical summer remaining, harbingers appear. A lone fully ripe red apple hangs on. One...
Flora
Foxglove
According to the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension, "The name foxglove is from the old English name "foxes glofa." It...
Spring Day
Under days longer than nights, the snowpack diminishes gracefully, yields to vernal industry.
Rose Bush, Cherry Tree
The earth knows only two seasons. The sharp, still, arctic cold of February, 100 days off, The soft, syrupy, tropical...
Water Lilies
Beavers live here, Herons linger here, Lilies visit.
Sow, Tend, Reap, Rest
Simple, ancient rhythm Product of seed, sun, soil, water, toil combining, Easily recognized, yet, too often, to too many, unfamiliar....
Sunchokes and Ski Trails
Mid-Winter finds us in a cherished, strenuous, comfortable, familiar rhythm: Wake-up, eat, work, ski, sleep; repeat. When it was "too...
Snowy Hemlock
Tousel topped hemlock, green all year. Snow laden boughs harbor cones; next season's seeds.
Phlox In Elkdale
An abundance of Phlox along the Elkdale Road near the heart of Elk Mtn Area.
Almost!
Winter started on schedule this year, settled in comfortably, and kept it's grip. And now, again as if on schedule,...