crates | April 10, 2010
I had a fantastic time in Costa Rica. It was over too soon! I added lots of new species of birds to my life list, and saw lots of wildlife and terrific scenery. I’ll try and talk about the trip in the future. It’s too much to talk about all at once, so I’ll probably [...]
crates | May 1, 2009
I was talking to a person about the flower, Trillium ovatum, mentioning how it was blooming in the woodlands now, and they mentioned how it occurred in both white and purple colors. I said that it was my impression that the flowers were white when it first bloomed, but that some turned purple after it [...]
crates | April 20, 2009
Spring is marching on here. A couple of days ago my feet were slipping on the front steps, and for a brief flash I thought there was frost. Further examination revealed that there was a thin, slippery layer of what appeared to be yellow flour. As I walked to my car I could see a [...]
crates | April 16, 2009
The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates, in Plato, Dialogues, Apology Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC) I am reading Peter Pouncey’s book, Rules for Old Men Waiting, enjoying the wonderful writing and the images and thoughts that were evoked. I got to thinking about how difficult it is today to [...]
crates | October 5, 2007
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 [...]
crates | June 26, 2007
For many years I have admired this incredible stand of Western Redcedar beside the road that I travel. Almost daily I rested my eyes upon the lush beauty of this thick growth of evergreens which appeared to form an impenetrable wall along the road. It was dark beneath the trees in the few places that I could [...]
crates | April 7, 2007
Yesterday morning when I walked out on the porch, it was so slippery that I thought for a moment that it had frosted during the night. I then realized that there was a film of yellow pollen over the porch and steps which acted as as a fine lubricant. Wiping the railing, I found that [...]
crates | March 26, 2007
Well, there are so many plants flowering forth that I thought I’d put on some more photos. I am in the process of learning what some of these plants are, so bear with me. The shrub with the red berries are shown to the right is yet to be identified. I thought for a moment [...]
crates | March 18, 2007
This wonderful Big-Leafed Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is one of my favorites on my walk to the beach. It is only about two hundred yards from my place, and I always have to stop and admire its moss-covered branches which are festooned with the lovely epiphytic Licorice Fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza; aka P. vulgare). The Licorice [...]
crates | March 17, 2007
Western Trilliums (Trillium ovatum), the beautiful early Spring wildflowers, are now blooming in the nearby woods. As you can see the white flowers (sometimes pinkish or purplish as they age) are arranged above three offset leaves or giving the plant a pleasing symmetry. This set of “threes” is reflected in their name, latin for “threes.” [...]