Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
WANTED: PEOPLE WILD ABOUT WETLANDS Wednesday, February 28, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, March 02, 2007 (Picton Gazette) With cold weather and snow still upon us, it seems difficult to believe that one day it will all disappear, and the wetlands once again will be…
GOING ON A SWAMP WALK Wednesday, February 21, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, February 23, 2007 (Picton Gazette) A “Winter Swamp Walk” doesn’t, at first, sound like the most glamourous event to attend. And it probably isn’t if it were to be held at any…
PROBING THE PRIVATE LIVES Wednesday, February 07, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, February 09, 2007 (Picton Gazette) The coyote tracks were quite diagnostic. It isn’t often we get to see a paw print exactly as the field guides describe. Field guides seldom allow for the…
THE PRIVATE LIVES OF MICE Wednesday, January 31, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, February 02, 2007 (Picton Gazette) It was one of those winter mornings that Christmas cards are made of every year. It was the same morning that inspired the photo in last Wednesday’s…
SKIS, SNOWSHOES, OR HIKING BOOTS Wednesday, January 24, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, January 26, 2007 (Picton Gazette)One of my fondest winter memories of the farm we used to own is of the laneway which led from the road to the back fields. Bordered by…
A SHREWD DISCOVERY ON THE TRAIL Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, January 19, 2007 (Picton Gazette) As we hit the trail at daybreak on the west side of Prince Edward County, there were moments when we both felt that our faces were…
THE LURE OF WALKING Wednesday, January 10, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, January 12, 2007 (Picton Gazette) Nipper has become famous. She turned up last year on the cover of a prominent trail brochure. Nipper is our Sheltie/Terrier dog and the photo was one that…
WOOD FIRES AND CHRISTMAS December 20 & December 22 I had the pleasure last week of participating in the Twelve Days of Christmas presentations at the Macaulay House Museum in Picton. I was the Four Calling Birds. However, there were only three of us – specimens…
POWER OF THE INTERNET December 13 & December 15 It seems difficult to imagine, that only 20 years ago, I refused to have anything to do with computers. Although our son and I played challenging games on his Vic-20, and later, a Commodore 64, the computer…
GREAT SCAT, WHAT WAS THAT ? December 06 & December 08 We found some animal scats atop a tree stump during a walk along a trail one recent weekend at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. However, the fellow who first discovered them, was a bit more explicit in…