Nature Archive

• 6January 7, 2010

  Hiking and panicking in the Guadalupe Mountains – 2

  The story continues from here.   We continued our stumbling progress, taking photo after photo and not realizing that we were,...
• 5January 4, 2010

  Hiking and panicking in the Guadalupe Mountains – 1

  A plane flew overhead noisily, shattering the stillness of the air and releasing a flock of bluebirds from a nearby...
• 20December 24, 2009

  This used to be my driveway

  It’s now, apparently, a (cross-country) ski run Somewhere under all that cake icing, you will also find a front...
• 4June 15, 2009

  The War on Weeds

  A day after I had declared Mission Accomplished on the War on Weeds, I looked out in the morning to...
• 14June 5, 2009

  Dandelions still grow in my yard

  Dandelions are bursting out all over the city.   They dot all the roadsides and every bit of grass you can...
• 17May 8, 2009

  Crocus, Tulip, yes, but where are the Daffodils?

  All ye who are sweating in the sweltering summer heat of India, I have good news for you.  Spring has...
• 33April 19, 2009

  There is a forest in my basement

  I should have known this was what would happen. In fact, I should have thought this was a 100%...
• 10March 24, 2009

  Insomniac Owls, Tired Weightlifters and.. Spring?

  “Why is it dangerous to go out in the garden in spring”? asks a riddle I read a long time...
• 15November 7, 2008

  Dances with daffodils

  For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the...
• 12August 12, 2008

  Backyard horror stories – Part 4

  If you have patiently read through Part1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this story epic saga, you will know...