Phenology
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Wishing I were skating on the lake. In a "normal" winter Thanksgiving marks the day when the ice is usually safe. This date is getting later
5:32 AM Nov 27th
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Frosty morning the leaves underfoot crackle like potato chips. Everything is outlined in silver.The lake is frozen, will open by afternoon.
6:32 AM Nov 21st
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Walking the dogs this morning there are two eagles perched on the edge of the nest. They are reluctant to take wing and I get very close.
6:29 AM Nov 21st
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@ I saw that one. The boys needed a game. Cousin Pat had an off night no points no plus minus. His team needs to get it going.
6:20 AM Nov 21st
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@ Sat. morning always pancakes when the kids were home. I miss them and that indulgence. Stone cut oats here, frosty & sunny
6:18 AM Nov 21st
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I am bud-capping white pines to keep the deer from nipping the shoots. Deer are stoners wandering through a store eating anything, swine.
5:27 AM Nov 20th
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Frosty mornings have decorated all manner of things with a border of silver. Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) bright orange with silver crown
5:23 AM Nov 20th
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It's been a while been busy doing who knows what. Time gets away. New puppy and long walks. last? dandelion yesterday. Close to ground.
5:18 AM Nov 20th
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Friend advises igniting Lycopodium spores to relieve boredom while deer hunting. Makes a nice flash. Increases awareness of ground pines.
4:30 AM Nov 8th
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Awaiting daylight, hoping to see the last meadowhawk dragonflies. Yesterday was a perfect day, sunny 15C., but none flew past.
4:28 AM Nov 8th
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forest floor shines with green as princess pine, ground cedar, and running clubmoss, come into their own. Flowering plants have died off.
5:57 AM Nov 5th
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Cool morning, skim ice on the lake though not completely covered. Skating will have to wait. Northern holly berries shine orange-red.
5:50 AM Nov 5th
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Forest floor is not so green these days as the large leafed asters have yellowed and crumpled. Bur and red oaks fill red end of the spectrum
3:53 AM Oct 28th
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Waiting for sunrise to see where the tamaracks have gone with their colors overnight. The swamps glow with the gold.
3:51 AM Oct 28th
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Fox sparrows, Am. tree sparrows, and juncos rake and scrape the yard to find the white millet we have put out for them. Rain dampens them.
6:25 AM Oct 21st
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It is a misty moisty autumnal morning here as well. The tamaracks are approaching the smokey gold Aldo Leopold talks of in Sand Co. Almanac
6:22 AM Oct 21st
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@ The article was most interesting. I am working with 5th and 6th grade classrooms here to encourage them to become aware of nature.
5:15 AM Oct 13th
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@ jane sorry for the delay butter and eggs is Linaria vulgaris. A stalk of pale yellow flowers with a bright yellow center.
5:05 AM Oct 13th
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in reply to PowersFlowers
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Tune in this morning for the Phenoilogy show. We'll try to put this unusual fall in perspective. Green leaves falling, marker trees late.
4:47 AM Oct 13th
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Colors are fading from red to more yellows. Cold brought down ash leaves enmass. Aspens are starting to approach peak. Tamaracks shifting.
5:20 AM Oct 12th
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