Queen Anne's Lace flower in full bloom. Note purple, almost black flower, in center of umbel When I first learned to identify wild ...

Luckily a big afternoon storm rolled through on Wednesday afternoon, bringing with it intense winds and fresh rain. By Thursday much of t...

Feels like it's been forever since I posted here, and while I've been inspired to research many of the questions I've come acros...

Just before Christmas, Mo and I headed down to the old quarry town of Proctor, located in the Vermont Valley just outside Rutland. While t...

Grumpy old cattail herma Mud Pond has been on my bucket list for a few years now, since I heard about the microburst damage there. Last ...