Went land looking last week. Knew what to expect, in general terms. Green. Green. More green. That and cicadas . Literally tons of cicadas...

  Land looking... #earthday2024

Persistently gloomy. Stubbornly chill. Frequently windy. Rain, spit snow, more rain.   Did I mention sodden? Only the baby lup...

  There’s but to dream of early spring.     Prairie Smoke, Geum triflorum

Or in this case, the fungus among us.   Typical to autumn, what light manages to reach the forest floor ranges from stark…   …to...

  Considerably later, as it turns out. With spates of unseasonable warmth and adequate moisture well into November, early autumn ric...

  Weeks of premature chill and periodic rain followed by a spate of highly unusual warm, dry weather rendered this year’s autumnal prairie...