crystal clarity of icy fog
Gloomy. Oppressive. Bone-chilling. Disorienting. The way of icy valley fog pressing down on Central Oregon can be…
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A Constancy of Calling Kingfishers
Wow! Sometimes what else can you write after two splendid hours in the presence of chattering, rattling,…
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birds | Nature | Philosophy | Rivers | wildlife
Bugbee Nature Preserve: “In attending to this wilderness”
I posted a different version of this blog in winter of 2017. Now in the midst of…
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She Walks in Beauty
“She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that’s best of dark…
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backyards | birds | conservation | garden | Nature
Wild Yard Gone to Seed
“…intimate immensities. A seed is so big and so small at the same time.” – Rowen White Recently,…
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An Impossibility of Bats: a Halloween Tribute
“Everything is impossible, until somebody does it.” — Batman Bats inhabit the realm of impossibility. The only…
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birds | butterflies | camping | Nature | Rivers
Metolius River – Birds, Bliss & Butterflies
Saunter. This is the way to know the Metolius River in June. A Common Yellowthroat (a sunny…
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butterflies | camping | flowers | hiking | Nature | Rivers | Wilderness
Wildflowers Flow from the High Wallowas
Flood alert in the high Wallowas! Wildflowers are surging, overflowing meadows, and crushing the headwater springs with…
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Bitterbrush: The Scent of Memory
Bitterbrush fragrance wafts across Central Oregon in a floral, spicy, lemony, cinnamony swash. I love this subtle…
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By-the-wind Sailors Carry a Blue Message
The beach is blue, as if some crazed artist had dyed every foam line on this spring…
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