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Last evening, December 21, 2020, we all packed in to the Sienna and headed out for a nice, dark park to take a mid-winter’s walk and see the planets Jupiter and Saturn cozy up to each other. I’ve been watching their progress for a few weeks. One of the nice things about living in the…

December 19, 2020The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has been going on since 1900. That makes it the oldest running citizen science program in the country. It is also a great way to get out into nature, exercise and learn a little bit about the nature patches in your greater area, about birds, and about the…

Obsidian and I took the middle of the day to do a little walking and birding. I didn’t have a lot of time as I was planning to make a Cassoulet recipe that I enjoy, but I really wanted to get out and see what, if anything, was moving in the valley. Not much. We…

Life has been busy for the last 60 days or so. The Holidays, budget planning for next year- all that. I have spent less time out “afield”, and a bi more time that usual simply walking the pup in, closer to town. That lead me back around to the main point of this site- nature…

Today is the pseudosolstice where I live. Today’s sunset is the earliest of the year. The sunrise, however, is still getting later, and it doing so faster than the sunset is now also getting later. So- for another 10 days or so, the day will be shorter, but the sunset will be a tiny bit…

As we close in on the longest night, I find myself walking in the dark both morning and evening. It helps tremendously to get out and walk no matter the conditions. The payoff is great. The house feels cold in the morning before I go out- and it feels life-giving and warm when I return.…

Fall in Montana is amazing. A wild ride, yes, but truly amazing. We have new neighbors who moved in across the street about 3 months ago. They asked what Fall was like here and we replied it’s “variable”. This year, October was a little harsh, but November is shaping up to be quite nice. As…

So- October has joined the 2020 bandwagon and chosen to be totally unpredictable. we started the month with smokey skies; aout 10 days ago, we had a fire weather warning. Then, five days later we received 20 inches of snow overnight from Friday evening to mid-day Saturday. It didn’t really stop until Sunday. The wildfires…

The NWS says that we will be getting hit with a historic storm this evening- So, I took the Black Dog out for a slightly longer/better walk than usual on a Friday morning. We went to ta local fishing access site. Obsidian loves that field. I’m really glad we did. As we were driving in,…

Al Stewart got it right- “Well I’m not the kind to live in the pastThe years run too short and the days too fast” So much has happened this year. The days have slipped past very quickly and the year is getting away as well. I find myself sitting in front of the computer in early…