“The oldest task in human history is to live
on a piece of land without spoiling it.”
- Aldo Leopold
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45 ~ These days, life’s a birch
The 2021 maple syrup season is now in the rearview mirror…
43 ~ When you thought you’ve seen it all…
Extraordinary. Just when I thought I’d seen everything on this 880 acre patch of woods and fields...
41 ~ Equinox, equilibrium, and glad tidings of eagles
Welcome to spring, all! It’s been a long, difficult Covid slog of a winter for many of us, and may the turn of the spring equinox today bring some comfort and hope…
40 ~ Lagging
Well, here we are today (at least in Canada and the US): the annual ritual that marks the start of the institutionalized oppression of morning people, the switch to Daylight Saving Time…
39 ~ Assisting the flow
Greetings. These warmer temperatures have stimulated some generous flows of sap from the maples…
38 ~ Collecting the good.
Thanks for everyone’s caption suggestions for the eaglet photo. That was fun. A couple of days ago (Thursday) came the event that traditionally marks the arrival (or at least approach!) of spring in my annual cycle…
36 ~ Cycles of life, and interruption of an eagle life
Greetings at sunrise as I write this, at -16F (-26.5C) here at the farm. Just took the photo above from the back deck.
Cycles have been on my mind lately. The pandemic lockdown has been a gift in the way…
35 ~ Eagle, wolf, moon.
On Monday my head was pulled up from a book by the return home of my housemate Jeff, bearing urgent news of an adult bald eagle along the road in front of the house, unable to fly…