Walking in a Green-Winter Wonderland
Here on the central coast of California, we look forward to a green, rather than white, Christmas. While we love …
Category Archives: Backyard
A Frosty, Sunlit Morning Walk
Yesterday when I woke the frost was so heavy on the grassy meadow behind our house it looked like a …
A Deer’s Scream – Beauty and Brutality at Home and in the Hills of Vietnam
The most horrifying sound I’ve ever heard came one night soon after we moved here. A scream of pure terror …
Touching the Wild
“The word wild is like a gray fox trotting off through the forest, ducking behind bushes, going in and out …
Riffing on Roses
Lately I’ve been playing with roses, photographing them at different stages in bloom, at different times of day, against varied backgrounds, just …
Waterholes in the Wild and the Backyard
Waterholes, whether in the wild or the backyard, are natural gathering places for wildlife and people who like to watch …
Night Howls
Last month around this time when the moon was full, our nights were filled with howling. Almost every night we …
