Middlewood Journal

This post took longer than most to finish because I was determined to find out what these mystery plants were. I first found them two weeks...

Hiked early with journal and camera under cloudy skies to check on the Bull Thistles, to see if they have fully opened. Walking into a bree...

Wow! Springtime overload! Days are not long enough this time of year. I could have used about five more hours this afternoon. I made so ma...

Today Daisy and I hiked to Meetinghouse Creek to check on the Tufted Titmice I saw there, building a nest in a beech tree. Just before I cam...

A thunderstorm blasted through last night, with high winds, thunder and lightning, making today's gentle weather particularly sweet. Da...

By creeping along the river at a snail's pace today, I noticed a lot more than I had just yesterday. Bloodroot and Rue Anemone were the ...

I headed out today with a specific mission: to hike to the lower portion of Meetinghouse Creek and draw the Round Lobed Hepaticas that grow...

Today Daisy and I spent several hours hiking, heading first to Lawson's Fork to see what early wildflowers might be blooming. Last yea...

By the time I'd finished my work today storm clouds and strong winds had arrived in Middlewood, causing treetops to swirl and occasional...

Today the woods were full of silence. As Daisy and I headed downhill towards Meetinghouse Creek I stopped occasionally to listen for sounds...

I tried hard to find some flowers to draw for Valentine's Day by hiking up to the ridge and around in the woods, looking for the Trailin...

These tough, slightly dimpled polypores were growing on a dead tree trunk resting on it's own branches about 2' off the ground. It ...

It was a lovely Sunday afternoon to be outside, especially after running errands in town during heavy rain on Friday, and social activities ...

I found these leaves on the rocky ridge above Lawson's Fork while hiking with my hubby and Daisy Sunday afternoon. The lacy pattern on ...

If you sit long enough and are very quiet, you get to see special things in nature. Today, for example, I finally settled against an oak tre...

The steep slope Daisy and I explored today faces south and drops down to Meetinghouse Creek at its confluence with Lawson's Fork. We c...

What a weather day! We woke around 5 a.m. to thunder and lightning - such a treat in January. Around breakfast came pouring rain that later ...

I've been fascinated for years by the native yucca plants that grow on the ridge above Lawson's Fork, so I decided today to hike the...