“The days they pass so quickly now, nights are seldom long, time around me whispers when it’s cold,” – John Denver With the skies gray and chilly, threatening rain, I’m visiting an old hardwood forest I like to frequent in the autumn. This is a place where golden maple leaves ...
“You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars.” “…nature is reflected in our capacity for wonder.” – Richard Louv What if it is a big El Nino year? What if the Upper Peninsula still gets another record winter of snow? What if the mild conditions continue into late ...
Little Bay de Noc: Walleye fishing was good, with anglers targeting reefs and nearby drop-offs. Trolling slowly near the bottom with crawler harnesses was the most effective method. Yellow perch anglers reported fair to good fishing, though action varied from day to day, with schools located ...
There's little worse in a gardener's mind than watching their careful planning and hard work go up in a cloud of teeth, thanks to every four-legged freeloader within chewing distance. So if you're planting bulbs this fall, select the rights to avoid planting dinner. Although no plant is ...
“Autumn this year is gonna break my heart, the leaves start falling and the feeling starts,” — Steve Forbert The rain seemed undecided, not sure whether it felt like delivering itself to the earth below or not. Maybe the rain has lazy days too? Nothing more than a faint mist was ...
“Autumn…The year’s last, loveliest smile.” – John Howards Bryant This month has reinvigorated the “start of autumn” discussion with the extremely variable weather and the uptick in the number of maple trees showing pronounced changes in color for the season. The prolonged drought across much of the western Upper Peninsula continues to be reflected in wilting wildflowers, brown grass, and trees showing a variety of seasonal color change from yellow treetops to maples nearly have changed over with plenty of crimson branches. The lack of water available in some spots to ...
