“Silently, the morning mist is lying on the water, captive moonlight waiting for the dawn,” – John Denver It was early morning when I approached the lakeshore. I stood in the wet grass just up from the sandy shoreline, admiring the stillness of the surface of the water. So flat, ...
“The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of.” - Henry David Thoreau Most everyone living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or the Northeastern U.S. knows November can be a brutally dark month. Some years have seen streaks of three weeks straight with no signs of the sun. It is almost as if Ole Man Winter knows the bright drifts of the first permanent snows will come as a welcome change to the cloudy browns of mild November days. On those days when the sun has broken through, they seem like days for dancing in the street, just ...
Houseplants are a wonderful way to add a little green to your home, especially in the colder months. And if you choose ones that bloom, they can add a rainbow of color to remind you of your summer garden. Flowering houseplants are just as easy to grow as their leafy counterparts, but some ...
ILULISSAT, Greenland — When Cuno Jensen was a child, he would watch towering icebergs drift past his hometown, flowing out into Disko Bay. "When we were kids, and we walked up there with our family or hunting for some of the birds, we saw huge icebergs," he said as he drove through ...
November’s first week has been quite idyllic with extremely mild temperatures and even a bit more welcome rain. The rain has been truly needed to help with the ongoing wildfire battles and preparing plants for the winter and next year. November has been the time when animals like ...
“Blue autumn, there’s a rainbow in the sky, but no matter how hard I try, I still see only shades of blue.” — Bobby Goldsboro Not long after the sound of my car door shutting stopped reverberating through the quiet woods, I heard a light tapping sound off to my left as I began ...
