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Went for a walk in the woods this AM in between the rain and the predicted rain. We were surprised to find one of our neighbors hunting in our meadow not far from our house. But the neighbor seemed remarkably unsurprised and non-threatened by us. Perhaps it was visiting from #Narnia. #barredowl
October 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Went for a walk in the woods this AM in between the rain and the predicted rain. We were surprised to find one of our neighbors hunting in our meadow not far from our house. But the neighbor seemed remarkably unsurprised and non-threatened by us. Perhaps it was visiting from #Narnia. #barredowl
The next day’s harvest of Lawyers Wig from the same patch also proved very good both in eggs and sautéed on the side. I have died since eating either meal. They keep coming up. When they do, we have 1 day to pick and eat them. The others are being used to make ink. (Seriously.)
September 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The next day’s harvest of Lawyers Wig from the same patch also proved very good both in eggs and sautéed on the side. I have died since eating either meal. They keep coming up. When they do, we have 1 day to pick and eat them. The others are being used to make ink. (Seriously.)
I am not a mushroom forager. I don’t know enough & don’t want to die or fry my brain. But these were in our backyard — 2 lbs! — and are considered one of four varieties safest to eat in terms of trustworthy ID. So #mushroom soup for dinner. I think Frodo, Merry, and Pippin would approve. #hobbits
September 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Camping at the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook, Quebec. A very beautiful place with some wonderful local food. The Foresta Lumina display after dark was delightful.
#easterntownships #coaticook #quebec
#easterntownships #coaticook #quebec
September 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Camping at the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook, Quebec. A very beautiful place with some wonderful local food. The Foresta Lumina display after dark was delightful.
#easterntownships #coaticook #quebec
#easterntownships #coaticook #quebec
The local goldenrod has seemed not only especially abundant this year, but also very bright in its namesake color. The pollinators — including northern paper wasps, common eastern bumblebees, and honeybees (all shown) — have been abundant and busy among them. It’s quite delightful and encouraging.
September 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The local goldenrod has seemed not only especially abundant this year, but also very bright in its namesake color. The pollinators — including northern paper wasps, common eastern bumblebees, and honeybees (all shown) — have been abundant and busy among them. It’s quite delightful and encouraging.
“Birds in the Sky, Fish in the Sea”.
Sometimes they come together along the shore. It often ends badly for the fish, but as a fellow fisher I enjoyed watching these snow egrets foraging along the beach in Santa Barbara. #beaches #birds #snowegret #santabarbara
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Sometimes they come together along the shore. It often ends badly for the fish, but as a fellow fisher I enjoyed watching these snow egrets foraging along the beach in Santa Barbara. #beaches #birds #snowegret #santabarbara
www.squarehalobooks.com/birds-fish
July 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Birds in the Sky, Fish in the Sea”.
Sometimes they come together along the shore. It often ends badly for the fish, but as a fellow fisher I enjoyed watching these snow egrets foraging along the beach in Santa Barbara. #beaches #birds #snowegret #santabarbara
www.squarehalobooks.com/birds-fish
Sometimes they come together along the shore. It often ends badly for the fish, but as a fellow fisher I enjoyed watching these snow egrets foraging along the beach in Santa Barbara. #beaches #birds #snowegret #santabarbara
www.squarehalobooks.com/birds-fish
I love my #vermont #backyard plopped down as it is near the edge of the green and often #mistymountains.
I had a nice visit from #Beorn yesterday. Obviously, in his other skin at the time. He must have known I’ve been brewing mead — thus making my house a sort of mead hall or Meduseld.
I had a nice visit from #Beorn yesterday. Obviously, in his other skin at the time. He must have known I’ve been brewing mead — thus making my house a sort of mead hall or Meduseld.
July 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I love my #vermont #backyard plopped down as it is near the edge of the green and often #mistymountains.
I had a nice visit from #Beorn yesterday. Obviously, in his other skin at the time. He must have known I’ve been brewing mead — thus making my house a sort of mead hall or Meduseld.
I had a nice visit from #Beorn yesterday. Obviously, in his other skin at the time. He must have known I’ve been brewing mead — thus making my house a sort of mead hall or Meduseld.
My favorite two bird sightings of the summer (so far) … just minutes apart. Though the former of these is not as pleased with the presence of the latter.
#maine #baldeagle #loon
#maine #baldeagle #loon
July 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My favorite two bird sightings of the summer (so far) … just minutes apart. Though the former of these is not as pleased with the presence of the latter.
#maine #baldeagle #loon
#maine #baldeagle #loon
A wild brook trout caught this AM in a Green Mountain National Forest stream with winter wrens singing in the background to complement the symphony of the brook itself. A beautiful morning in a gorgeous place with a good friend standing on cold water on a hot day. #flyfishing @davoh.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A wild brook trout caught this AM in a Green Mountain National Forest stream with winter wrens singing in the background to complement the symphony of the brook itself. A beautiful morning in a gorgeous place with a good friend standing on cold water on a hot day. #flyfishing @davoh.bsky.social
A delightful day of small stream fishing for wild #brooktrout (char) with a good friend. We were in the shade almost the whole time and the water stayed cold even when air the got hot. State fish of Vermont. #flyfishing
@davoh.bsky.social
@davoh.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A delightful day of small stream fishing for wild #brooktrout (char) with a good friend. We were in the shade almost the whole time and the water stayed cold even when air the got hot. State fish of Vermont. #flyfishing
@davoh.bsky.social
@davoh.bsky.social
Indigo bunting on a post in the garden. Although its song has been showing up on my Merlin app for two months, this was my first clear view -- and first chance to get a #birdphotograph that gives even a hint of the beauty of this bird.
June 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Indigo bunting on a post in the garden. Although its song has been showing up on my Merlin app for two months, this was my first clear view -- and first chance to get a #birdphotograph that gives even a hint of the beauty of this bird.
More #backyard #birdphotos. My 1st sighting of a beautiful ( aptly named) chestnut-sided warbler (a little deeper in the woods beyond the yard's edge). A chipping sparrow (in the cedar) and song sparrow (on the hammock) for comparison of two LBBs. And a gray catbird hunting worms in my garden.
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
More #backyard #birdphotos. My 1st sighting of a beautiful ( aptly named) chestnut-sided warbler (a little deeper in the woods beyond the yard's edge). A chipping sparrow (in the cedar) and song sparrow (on the hammock) for comparison of two LBBs. And a gray catbird hunting worms in my garden.
It's been a fun summer getting to know birds in our forest--especially passerines whose songs I've heard for years, but never knew about. Much enjoyment just sitting outside listening, but Merlin & a 400mm lens have been great tools. Here are a 4 favorite photos of newly identified birds. ID below.
June 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's been a fun summer getting to know birds in our forest--especially passerines whose songs I've heard for years, but never knew about. Much enjoyment just sitting outside listening, but Merlin & a 400mm lens have been great tools. Here are a 4 favorite photos of newly identified birds. ID below.
Red-eyed Vireos in the woods around my house are enough better at hiding than I am at seeking that they keep chattering the whole time I’m looking for them. (That’s not a complaint!) Last evening, however, with my 400mm lens and tripod, I managed a long enough glimpse. #birding #vireo #vermont
May 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
#eveningwalk in the Vermont woods with spring ephemerals: Dutchman’s breeches, trout lily, red & white trillium.
#jrrtolkien was famous for his love of trees. I also appreciate his descriptions of flowers. His wise characters notices them. If these were in #middle-earth what would you name them?
#jrrtolkien was famous for his love of trees. I also appreciate his descriptions of flowers. His wise characters notices them. If these were in #middle-earth what would you name them?
April 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
#eveningwalk in the Vermont woods with spring ephemerals: Dutchman’s breeches, trout lily, red & white trillium.
#jrrtolkien was famous for his love of trees. I also appreciate his descriptions of flowers. His wise characters notices them. If these were in #middle-earth what would you name them?
#jrrtolkien was famous for his love of trees. I also appreciate his descriptions of flowers. His wise characters notices them. If these were in #middle-earth what would you name them?
The red maples are blossoming in Vermont—seen here against the setting of the sun over the forest and an #eveningsky on our #eveningwalk.
Hepatica, a favorite early spring ephemeral, was also staring to pop up on the trails through the woods.
#blossoms #wildflowers #spring
Hepatica, a favorite early spring ephemeral, was also staring to pop up on the trails through the woods.
#blossoms #wildflowers #spring
April 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The red maples are blossoming in Vermont—seen here against the setting of the sun over the forest and an #eveningsky on our #eveningwalk.
Hepatica, a favorite early spring ephemeral, was also staring to pop up on the trails through the woods.
#blossoms #wildflowers #spring
Hepatica, a favorite early spring ephemeral, was also staring to pop up on the trails through the woods.
#blossoms #wildflowers #spring
The red maples are blossoming in Vermont—seen here against the setting of the sun over the forest and an #eveningsky on our #eveningwalk.
Hepatica, a favorite early spring ephemeral, was also staring to pop up on the trails through the woods.
#blossoms #wildflowers #spring
Hepatica, a favorite early spring ephemeral, was also staring to pop up on the trails through the woods.
#blossoms #wildflowers #spring
April 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The red maples are blossoming in Vermont—seen here against the setting of the sun over the forest and an #eveningsky on our #eveningwalk.
Hepatica, a favorite early spring ephemeral, was also staring to pop up on the trails through the woods.
#blossoms #wildflowers #spring
Hepatica, a favorite early spring ephemeral, was also staring to pop up on the trails through the woods.
#blossoms #wildflowers #spring
I had a wonderful day in Great Smokey Mountain National Parks. Our national parks are treasures to be valued and protected--as are those who work in them. More than merely delight and wonder, they offer learning, healing landscapes, forests to refresh aquifers for the clean water we all need.
March 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I had a wonderful day in Great Smokey Mountain National Parks. Our national parks are treasures to be valued and protected--as are those who work in them. More than merely delight and wonder, they offer learning, healing landscapes, forests to refresh aquifers for the clean water we all need.
Celebrate well, my friends.
3.14
Enough said.
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Acknowledgements: fresh, homemade pie courtesy of my wonderful partner.
3.14
Enough said.
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Acknowledgements: fresh, homemade pie courtesy of my wonderful partner.
March 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Celebrate well, my friends.
3.14
Enough said.
—
Acknowledgements: fresh, homemade pie courtesy of my wonderful partner.
3.14
Enough said.
—
Acknowledgements: fresh, homemade pie courtesy of my wonderful partner.
Another restful and soul-restoring Sabbath rest day in the woods and Nordic trails of Rikert and the Green Mountain National Forest. Groves of hemlock, then spruce and pine, and then maple, with scatterings of yellow birch, beech, black cherry. Sadly, I saw no ents or entwives.
February 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Another restful and soul-restoring Sabbath rest day in the woods and Nordic trails of Rikert and the Green Mountain National Forest. Groves of hemlock, then spruce and pine, and then maple, with scatterings of yellow birch, beech, black cherry. Sadly, I saw no ents or entwives.
A young tree splitting in two, a stream murmuring beneath a heavy snow, and some beautiful speckled clouds backlit by late afternoon light. Just a few scenes from yesterday’s Nordic ski-jaunt.
February 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A young tree splitting in two, a stream murmuring beneath a heavy snow, and some beautiful speckled clouds backlit by late afternoon light. Just a few scenes from yesterday’s Nordic ski-jaunt.
A beautiful day Nordic skiing at Sleepy Hollow, in near-perfect conditions, with a picnic lunch at the Butternut Cabin looking out over Camel’s Hump (follow my pointing).
A day Nordic skiing does not erase the atrocities being committed by our awful president and his oligarch, but it felt needed.
A day Nordic skiing does not erase the atrocities being committed by our awful president and his oligarch, but it felt needed.
February 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A beautiful day Nordic skiing at Sleepy Hollow, in near-perfect conditions, with a picnic lunch at the Butternut Cabin looking out over Camel’s Hump (follow my pointing).
A day Nordic skiing does not erase the atrocities being committed by our awful president and his oligarch, but it felt needed.
A day Nordic skiing does not erase the atrocities being committed by our awful president and his oligarch, but it felt needed.
Two cellphone photos taken from airplane windows on a recent trip. The 1st is of #MtRainier just after midnight as it poked above the #clouds into the moonlight. The blur is from a long nighttime exposure. The 2nd is from a cool moment between two distinct cloud layers on the descent to land.
February 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Two cellphone photos taken from airplane windows on a recent trip. The 1st is of #MtRainier just after midnight as it poked above the #clouds into the moonlight. The blur is from a long nighttime exposure. The 2nd is from a cool moment between two distinct cloud layers on the descent to land.
Another day fishing with my brother in Forks, WA. Beautiful mornings as the sun poked through frosty river fog. We avoided vampires & werewolves, and tried—with only moderate success—to find the teeth of some steelhead. Managed also to catch and release a bull trout — only the 5th of my life.
February 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Another day fishing with my brother in Forks, WA. Beautiful mornings as the sun poked through frosty river fog. We avoided vampires & werewolves, and tried—with only moderate success—to find the teeth of some steelhead. Managed also to catch and release a bull trout — only the 5th of my life.