Quench your thirst with 7 interesting facts about water
How often do you think about water? Only when you are thirsty? When going fishing or swimming? Water is everywhere, even in the desert. Find…
Tag: Nature
Cactus: More than a prickly pincushion
The ability to survive and thrive in a sun-scorched land with little water has been perfected by the cactus. Located only in portions of the…
Palm trees more than a symbol of the tropics
Palm trees typically evoke images of tropical islands with white sandy beaches and turquoise blue water. However, palm trees grow in other places besides tropical…
Urban Wildlife
Urban wildlife seems like an oxymoron–just like a sanitary landfill, but it does exist. Surprisingly, our small RV park supports a variety of creatures. The…
When the ants go marching into your home
Willingly bringing natural items into my home, such as Christmas trees, plants and pinecones, is fine but when the outdoors comes inside uninvited there is…
Pacific Yew: Thriving in the shadows of towering conifers
In the dim light below canopies of towering Douglas-fir, spruce, cedar or hemlock, the little-known Pacific yew resides. Unlike most other trees that rocket towards…
Myrtle Creek burn teeming with moose
Moose are like kids in a candy store when in a big patch of willows–they can’t eat enough of their favorite food. During the winter,…
Look to the night sky during long nights
The timing was perfect–winter camping under an almost full moon on a clear night. Moonlight illuminated the snow-covered meadow allowing us to see every tree.…
Caribou always on the move
Hundreds of thousands of caribou stampeding across the tundra of northern Alaska tends to be the iconic photo of caribou. Barren-ground caribou, such as those…
Cactus: More than a prickly pincushion
The ability to survive and thrive in a sun-scorched land with little water has been perfected by the cactus. Located only in portions of the…
Palm trees more than a symbol of the tropics
Palm trees typically evoke images of tropical islands with white sandy beaches and turquoise blue water. However, palm trees grow in other places besides tropical…
Urban Wildlife
Urban wildlife seems like an oxymoron–just like a sanitary landfill, but it does exist. Surprisingly, our small RV park supports a variety of creatures. The…
When the ants go marching into your home
Willingly bringing natural items into my home, such as Christmas trees, plants and pinecones, is fine but when the outdoors comes inside uninvited there is…
Pacific Yew: Thriving in the shadows of towering conifers
In the dim light below canopies of towering Douglas-fir, spruce, cedar or hemlock, the little-known Pacific yew resides. Unlike most other trees that rocket towards…
Myrtle Creek burn teeming with moose
Moose are like kids in a candy store when in a big patch of willows–they can’t eat enough of their favorite food. During the winter,…
Look to the night sky during long nights
The timing was perfect–winter camping under an almost full moon on a clear night. Moonlight illuminated the snow-covered meadow allowing us to see every tree.…
Caribou always on the move
Hundreds of thousands of caribou stampeding across the tundra of northern Alaska tends to be the iconic photo of caribou. Barren-ground caribou, such as those…