December 29th
Dear Readers Today it was 54 degrees and sunny. The cats were grateful and played outside most of the day, it was a great day to get some good fresh […]
Category Archives: nature
Yoda of the Mountain Top
Craig Rygard is the man when it comes to crotchety, old cranky guy. Gotta love that. Here’s some footage that’s not part of the regular TV series AX MEN. A […]
Tornado hits OARDC and Secrest in Wooster, Ohio.
Here is a video report from the scene. You can see how severe and widespread the damage. Thankfully everyone is okay. There are great people over at OARDC and they […]
8.8 Quake hits Chile
The other big news here is the Tsunami racing across the Pacific as I write this. There was a 9.5(or so) in Chile around 1960 and the effects from that […]
A New Site for Cornell
Just received a message from Cornell A new site that Cornell has put together with the National Resource Defense Council(NRDC) all about birds(imagine that!). We are excited to announce that […]
Snowed In???
So we are supposed to get anywhere from 8″-14″ of snow by tomorrow. Will we? Up until about an hour ago I’d have said no way . . . it’s […]
ANLA Management Clinic #3
The highlight for the last day of the Clinic is the closing keynote speaker. This year it’s Mr. Fryar and I can tell you he is excited to talk to […]
The Haitian Earthquake
* Daniel Morel, from the Wall Street Journal From the country the could probably handle this type of disaster with the lowest effectiveness, Haiti has been hit by a Earthquake […]
Cornell, Apple, and the Birds
This was the monthly info sheet sent to me from the fine folks at Cornell, as always some very interesting info. Charlottesville, VA & Ithaca, NY——“BirdsEye is the best invention […]
The Red Emperor
Last Spring Thoughts of Spring and beautiful maples, this is Acer Palmatum D. “Red Emperor’ Not sure why, but I was looking out the window today and at all the […]
Cornell on Nest Watch
Here’s the latest from Cornell Ornithology dept. The release concerns nest, nest watching and counting. I won’t bore you with more junk from me. March 30, 2009 Dear Friend, Got Nest […]
Pearl Fryar on HGTV Tonite
There is a 1-hour documentary on the man considered the finest Topiarist in North America. Those “in-the-know” types all agree that Pearl is the man when it comes to topiary. […]
I’m just not Sure I Understand
I planted my 1st tree at my Grandpa’s before 10. I started working at a b&b nursery when I was 14. Hell and back; By my casual estimate I have […]
An Appreciation of Stone (47)
My Pots, in the Winter Snow
The big snow we are getting today called me to action, grabbing the camera kind of action. Julie likes to refer to the pot on the left as the flying […]
