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Just about any season in Nebraska can put on stunningly beautiful displays. This year, overnight freezing temperatures, light winds and a December snow left a light dusting on ridge line pines. When dawn came, the trees emerged with an eerily serene glow. Dead still and quiet, we loved the feel of this morning as much as the unique spectacle. After a quick coffee, Sergei … Continue reading December Snows A Winter Treat
My uncle Bob was a urban naturalist long before the title was invented. Not by any self-proclamation or through award of the title by some official authority, but by virtue of a lifetime of quiet study and practice helping people appreciate the natural world wherever they found it. Part time citizen scientist and full-time student and role model, he earned this recognition over a lifetime … Continue reading Puddles & Pollywogs: Recollections of My Uncle, an Urban Naturalist
I love Halloween! It’s the single event that marks summer’s end and the beginning of fall. Were it not for Halloween, a kid growing up in Los Angeles wouldn’t notice the changing seasons. As a young Angelino, my summers really were endless. Back to school day at Saint Philip was little more than an inconvenience and recess was still sunny and warm. I barely noticed … Continue reading Fall’s Beacon
Nebraska is not all pancake-flat corn farms and feed lots. It’s also a place where adventure abounds on the northern high plains. Stretching from Valentine to the Wyoming border and south as far as Scottsbluff County is a region often called Wyobraska by its residents. As the name suggests, the region is a melting pot of sorts where east meets west. Eastern farms give way … Continue reading Wyobraska Means Adventure
I have to admit it. I always wanted to do a flyby. Never mind the fact that I don’t know how to fly. I just thought that it would be cool to follow the canyons from Fort Robinson up to the ranch and wave to the neighbors…all four of them. Well, on the day after the great eclipse, I had the opportunity to do just that. Even better, I had the opportunity to go flying with an old squadron buddy, an F-14 aviator and, yes, it doesn’t get much better than that!
Over the years, I have learned that few things are more alluring to fighter pilots than a good flyby. Well, on August 21, 2017, such a flyby was set to rip across the late morning sky at a crowd pleasing 2,288 miles per hour. No, this was not the Blackbird, but our own moon on a flight plan that would leave the sun in total eclipse and set in motion spectacular celestial events that had not been seen in Nebraska since 1954. Continue reading “Black Lions Gather For Lunar Flyby Eclipse 2017”
Norman – Sunday, April 9th. It’s spring and that means it’s calving season in Virginia. This year we were lucky enough to join in the fun. That’s Number 32 (aka Little One) in the picture with her new born calf, Norman. Ever since we saw the movie City Slickers, we have come to regard “Norman” as a perfectly normal and logical name for a bull … Continue reading 2017 Spring Calving Season on Little Sage Farm
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