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Owl Chronicles – February 2, 2020

By |2020-03-05T12:17:21-06:00February 3rd, 2020|Nature|

The owl was not in the box this morning. Or yesterday. And probably not the day before either (when I didn’t check) because he did not poke his head out of the entrance as the sun set. It was too dark to see clearly then, but usually I can detect a shadow, the outline of his face protruding from the box.

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Looking for Winter – January 26, 2020

By |2020-03-05T12:20:04-06:00January 30th, 2020|Nature|

Where is winter? The early cold snap in November has faded, forgotten in the month’s 70-degree temperatures. Each front brings a welcome drop in temperature, but I sit here and think of snow in Montana and Wyoming and I am envious. Poor Willis in his heavy coat. We ride in breezy, sunny afternoons and his fur is damp with sweat.

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December 31, 2019 – Happy New Year

By |2020-03-05T12:02:08-06:00January 1st, 2020|Nature|

When I step outside the cold air brushes my face. 38º. Winter. This is how the last day of the year should feel: cold. The owl is tucked into his box. He is the best gift to us this year. To be able to watch him guard the place we have made for him and raise a family will be the best gift of 2020.

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Willis’ Christmas Present – December 19, 2019

By |2019-12-29T19:25:45-06:00December 29th, 2019|Nature|

Willis was treated to a myofascial release session yesterday from Chase of Cadence Therapy. It is deep work, but at the same time light work. Watching, it doesn’t look like Chase is doing much, but Willis obviously feels something judging from his licking, chewing on his crossties and lead rope, turning his head sharply to the side to watch her.

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Yellowstone – June 2019

By |2021-04-30T15:41:41-06:00August 28th, 2019|Yellowstone|

There is still light over the mountains and a dusting of snow shines in the fading light. It is almost 10 p.m. I took a brief walk after dinner, gazing up at the tall lodge pines and the crescent moon. Soda Butte Creek rushes past our little cabin. When we arrived yesterday, it began to snow; fat, wet flakes that quickly melted on the deck and under the pines.

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August 2019

By |2019-12-15T19:57:32-06:00August 20th, 2019|Nature|

Summer’s heat is smothering us. Day after day of temperatures above 100º with an even higher heat index slowly wears us out. We were cruising along nicely through the summer with mornings in the low 70s when the heat and humidity suddenly shot up. Plants and grass are drying up.

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Wallawa Lake, July 14, 2019

By |2019-12-15T20:00:05-06:00July 25th, 2019|Nature|

Wallawa Lake is quiet at 6:30 a.m. Only a few fishermen are at the marina, readying their boats, and campers walking their dogs, or, just walking. Like me. I like to sit at a picnic table that juts out toward the water where I can look for the adult eagles and a female common merganser I’ve been watching.

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June 23, 2019

By |2019-12-15T20:01:59-06:00June 25th, 2019|Nature|

Summer drifted in this week on a wave of heat and humidity. For the most part, June has been up and down in temperature, tempered by frequent rain showers. Some wildflowers are going to seed. At the end of May, the Sierra Nevada trail that was flooded with coneflowers, Indian Blankets and lemon beebalm.

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