Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
SHEFFIELD OFFERS A LOOK AT THE NORTH April 19 & April 21It was the first thing we saw when we pulled into the parking lot at Sheffield Conservation Area, south of Kaladar. A full size consul television sat at the edge of the parking lot, surrounded…
SPECIAL MEMORIES ARE RELAXING April 12 & April 14I stopped in to see an old friend the other day. She wasn’t home, and hasn’t been for some time, as she passed away several years ago. But the cottage where this charming Estonian lady used to come nearly…
SPECIAL PLACES, SPECIAL FROGS April 05 & April 07 We have been talking about frogs a lot these past couple of weeks. Mostly, it has been at a series of workshops I conducted on wildlife monitoring. People seem to like frogs, and I guess that…
AGE OF COMPUTERS HAS ITS BYTES March 29 & March 31 Thank goodness, the clouds have gone away!Perhaps I should explain. Less than a year ago, I received from a friend, an e-mail containing several absolutely awesome photos of storm clouds. The e-mail stated that they had…
LOVE IS IN THE AIR – AND EVERYWHERE !March 22 & March 24 Anyone looking for some adult entertainment need go no further than their own backyard. Raise your binoculars and you are almost guaranteed a scene right from the Young and the Restless! And if…
Get Involved ! Monitor Wildlife!March 15 & March 17 You will soon hear the ads on local radio stations. Perhaps you even participated yourself last year. It’s the Community Wildlife Monitoring Program, a program in which I have been involved as coordinator for five years.The…
Binomial NomenclatureMarch 08 & March 10I have a friend, a plant watcher as it turns out, who is forever spewing out bewildering Latin names of the plants we come across when on a hike. To many of us, the names mean little, but in…
Secrets of the EarthMarch 01 & March 03 Composting is nothing new. My wife and I have practised it for more than 30 years. Before the days of recycling, we even shredded and composted every discarded piece of paper that came to our house…
Secrets In Private LivesFebruary 22 & February 24A fisher crossed the road in front of me the other day as I made my way up the road that I walk every morning at daybreak. It was -17 and the dusting of snow that fell the…
Walking Through HistoryFebruary 15 & February 17 ” I am quite happy that I now know the exact location of that hotel. It’s nice to stand on a bit of history and know you’re doing it.”The hiking participant was referring to a recent Quinte Conservation…