Eastern Leaf Tour
Sable River in Chutes Provincial Park, Ontario Several people asked me (really, I’m not making this up); why didn’t we blog about the recent tour of the east in search of colorful leaves? Since we were so lucky in finding...
Black Bears
Healthy black bear boar, NL It’s autumn and bears are eating anything they can find. They aren’t picky; it’s calories that count, preferably around 20,000 daily. They search for food 20 hours a day in order to layer on enough...
Disaster aftermath: Nature heals
Finally a day to stay inside. May 11, and it’s snowing! As usual in Colorado we can’t complain about some moisture, unless it goes overboard like it did in September. We are still digging out. With the coming of spring,...
Anatomy of a Disaster
It wasn’t supposed to be this way! The August 2013 Scientific American published a map showing Colorado with a nearly zero percent chance of devastating floods. So much for that theory. By September 11, 2013 it began raining steadily through...
Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis hidden in the grass. Just happened to see a praying mantis lurking in the grass and decided it would make a good topic for this nature factoid addition. They’re difficult to see, so usually go unnoticed; which is...
Leapin’ Lizards
The “Nature Detective” section of a recent mailing from Boulder County Parks and Open Space reminded me how much I like lizards. Apparently in the county we have only 3 small species; out of a world population of thousands. Lizards...
Impressions of a Farang
Ginger flower. The farangs, Thai word for outsider, are home. Luggage is stashed, laundry done: trip details fade into the background and life as we know it resumes. Before memory fails with the passage of time (a shorter and shorter...
Parks of S. Thailand
Khao Sam Roi Yot NP Finally, the mother lode of wildlife, and so little time left to find it! I thought we would never find the iconic wildlife of SE Asia because searching has been so difficult. However, after visiting...
Southern Thailand
Back in Bangkok. Through sheer coincidence we scored a nice, older Toyota rental car for $20/day. Miraculously, Craig managed to navigate us out of the city without one wrong turn. In fact, during this trip, so many minor miracles have...
Cambodia
Iconic Angkor Wat. Germans were paying for upgrades to the facade. Angkor Wat is deservedly a world heritage center visited by thousands from all over the world. It covers a huge area containing dozens of temples: some restored, some being...