Today was my first day guiding for fall fest this year! I was so glad my friend Emily invited me to co-lead the kayak trip with her.

What a perfect way to celebrate our workshop well received: a hike along Medicine Bow trail in the alpine zone of Rocky Mountain National Park! We didn’t see ptarmigan but we were able to pickup radio signal from our tags on a local flock. They seriously seemed to be keeping ahead of us, just over […]

It is a reflection of how house/yard busy I’ve been the last few years that it has taken me this long to start logging more walks on the beach…! So far, I’ve walked from the beach by the house north of Norbury’s landing to Bay Ave, and all of the beach crossings in between. From […]

This little corner of my yard may not look like much, but maybe that’s kind of the point for now. This year, I’ve finally moved onto this part of home ownership I’m most excited about: creating backyard habitat. Over the last few weeks, I had help from my neighbors (tree trimmers) to transplant some young […]

Cover photo taken and updated 9/8 I’ve added some new native species in the last week, albeit cultivar varietals…

After checking out the Ohiopyle state park visitor’s center, my parents and I walked from where this trail intersects the great Allegheny passage to cucumber falls! Then, we walked along the road inside the guard rail to look at the natural water slides. From there, we walked the foot trail across the bridge along the […]

Indulge me here as we veer into some summer landscaping updates! My neighbor gave me some overflow from his yard, including mint that has started to take hold. Then, thanks to some help from my parents, I was finally able to accomplish a few things in the yard that have helped me be able to […]

Many thanks to Jonathan Chang for getting me most of the way to this goal! I am sharing some details of the process of identifying the URL here. Check out the linked tutorial; I am illustrating some of the steps to get to where you can find the API.

Well, good thing I went out to take pics of the grass panicles in my yard because the guy came to cut it today. Ultimately want to be lawn free, and the good news is, I didn’t find any Bermuda grass! I used iNaturalist and some lawn grass ID web pages to zero in on […]