When I last visited the riparian zone two weeks ago, it was a mucky, sucking slog. It’s still a mess down there, but water levels are markedly lower and the cloud of mosquitoes following me is decidedly thicker. SERIES: Ranch Notes Baby animals on the ground and in the nest by …
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Ranch Notes 6/14/20
SERIES: Ranch Notes — Picking my way through the grass, mud sucking at my every step, I hear the clear call of Ruby overhead. Ruby is the local female red-tailed hawk. She and her partner Luc have a nest in the nearby cottonwoods. STORY: Luc and Ruby Eyes to the skies with Luc and …
Ranch Notes 6/7/2020
SERIES: Ranch Notes-I stand and stretch my back, looking west toward Lolo Peak still slumbering beneath snow. My gaze extends over the greenhouse, where my eyes spot a new form. Loving my garden work and all its distractions by kate dunn A day in the garden in early June is full of …