Wasps are not something I think about very often (until they become a threat anyway), but my attention was drawn to a half dozen fascinating black wasps with blue wings diligently working the flowers like honeybees. I’ve seen them in other years, but sometimes you don’t pay any attention to such things until you’re ready…
The lingering glow of immersion in salt water quickly sweated out of me when I returned home to a yard in need of attention. Some of the attention simply needed a prompt investment in labor, like mowing the lawn and cleaning the pool. Co-existing with mature trees means picking up a collection of branches and…
We slipped back into old Cape Cod for a quiet walk on the trails of Little Bay and Monks Park in Bourne, Massachusetts yesterday. From a perspective of scale this park is of modest size, and the loop is quick, but from the perspective of getting you out of modern Cape Cod and back into…
In late July the crickets start chirping again, announcing the height of summer in New Hampshire. Early mornings just feel different month-to-month. Sure, temperatures and the progress of the garden are a consideration, but beyond that the soundtrack at 5:30 is completely different in late July than it was in May or June. Its all…
Treading water on an early morning swim and looking up to sky, I observed a pair of red-tailed hawks moving across the landscape in a coordinated hunt. It was an impressive display, with one hawk working to spook prey into revealing themselves and the other perched nearby ready to pounce on the unsuspecting victim. A…
