I had a chance to use my newly acquired Swarovsky binoculars that I mentioned a few posts ago. These are the 10×42′s. I agonized over whether or not to get the 8×42′s since they have a wider field of view and are considered by some to be better at finding birds in thick brush. [...]
Recently walking through the woods near my house, I happened to scuff my foot through some leaves and into the mould that lay beneath. I was struck by the sight of a fine network of white fungus that ran throughout the soil, the crumbling humus, the decaying logs and leaves like the circulatory system [...]
Posted 21November2007 For some reason I can’t get this post to save to this date. I just opened this up preparatory to writing something when the sun came out. I am sitting in the southeast facing windows of Cutter’s point and the appearance of the early morning sun from behind the clouds was like being [...]
My latest endeavor is to try and find a good pair of birding binoculars. I’ve pretty much settled on Swarovski binoculars because of their high quality. I can’t see spending money that would go for bills on such indulgences, but I can justify the expense by using Christmas and birthday money that I have thrown [...]
I was thinking about memory as I hurried along in the rain to make it to my fifth grade class before the tardy bell. I don’t remember the exact details of what was going on in my mind, but I decided to memorize a scene to see if I could recall it later. I looked [...]
Every May when the large rhododendron by the driveway begins to bloom, eventually producing this incredibly lovely display of pink blossoms that cover the entire plant, I begin to feel this tension. As I drive out every morning I stop and roll down my car window and look at the exquisite details in the pink [...]
Well it’s happened, I was dimly aware that it had, but it was brought home to me when I saw the bright yellow leaves of a Big-leaf Maple in the dimness of the woods this morning. Autumn has arrived in the Northwest. The native trees of this area aren’t that colorful. As I said the [...]
