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Eastern Leaf Tour
14 Nov

Eastern Leaf Tour

USA Northeast

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 so many gorgeous leaves, I will share […]

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Black Bears
12 Sep

Black Bears

Nature notes

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 fat to see them through […]

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Disaster aftermath: Nature heals
12 May

Disaster aftermath: Nature heals

USA - CO and NE

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, […]

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Anatomy of a Disaster
28 Mar

Anatomy of a Disaster

USA - CO and NE

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 the day. In a 24 hour period […]

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Praying Mantis
09 Aug

Praying Mantis

Nature notes

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 fine with them. Camouflage colors help […]

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Leapin’ Lizards
20 Jun

Leapin’ Lizards

Nature notes

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 […]

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Impressions of a Farang
25 May

Impressions of a Farang

SE Asia

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 window with […]

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Parks of S. Thailand
15 Apr

Parks of S. Thailand

SE Asia

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 these southern parks, our faith […]

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Southern Thailand
01 Apr

Southern Thailand

SE Asia

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 […]

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Cambodia
10 Mar

Cambodia

SE Asia

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 restored, and some still over-grown with huge fig trees. Both its […]

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