‘Long Days and Pleasant Nights’ – My Favorite Promises of Spring

The early blooming trees around us have started to leaf out, and the later blooming ones (mostly oaks and hickories) are in flower. But a few weeks ago, despite the warm temps, I was sorely missing the light greens of spring. The woods around our center were still brown and drab, and dead leaves rattled [...]

Nature Notes: Signs of Spring – Skunk Cabbage, Warblers and More

Here’s another Tuesday edition of Nature Notes Wednesday; this was actually all from a walk I took last week, but never got a chance to post until today. On my daily walk through our property and up the quiet road our Center resides on, spring was on early display with some seasonal shows that finally [...]