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Changing of the Colors

Posted: Friday, September 1st, 2006 @ 8:11 pm in Trees | Comments Off

It’s hard to pick a favorite season. Spring with its blossoming wildflowers? Noisy summer with the song of crickets on a balmy night? Or winter, with its fellowship around the warmth of a fire? But autumn is a kaleidoscope, a last brilliant flash of color before the fallen leaves succumb to the smoky fingers of [...]

Please Don’t Touch

Posted: Saturday, July 15th, 2006 @ 3:51 pm in Plants | Comments Off

0ne of the nicest places to spend an August afternoon is in a patch of poison ivy, in a manner of speaking. Poison ivy (or its close relative, poison oak) pops up around picnic tables or climbs capriciously near campgrounds. It grows best in disturbed soils such as parking pads for motor coaches. Or to [...]

Desert Wildflowers

Posted: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 @ 2:46 pm in Flowers | Comments Off

Early rains came to the desert again this year, and with any luck we’ll meet April in the midst of fields of wildflowers. Wildflowers on the desert? A most unlikely place. Too many RVers experience the desert only during the heat of summer. They seek to escape, hurrying through on their way to somewhere cooler. [...]

Freeze-Dried Trees

Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 @ 2:38 pm in Trees | Comments Off

In a normal year, most areas record their lowest temperatures for the winter right about now. ‘Tis the season for below zero windchill factors – weather cold enough to make the mercury in your thermometer curl up and hibernate until spring. But somehow, in spite of the ice, the sleet, and the snow, most living [...]

 
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