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Tag Archives: nature
A September haiku
My slightly melancholy ode to the fleeting season . . . September Swallows gathering Morning fog on the water Summer has ended I was looking for a video of swallows gathering to illustrate and found this one. Yikes! Calling Alfred … Continue reading
Oh, cruel harbinger!
Yes, I know it’s the end of August. But couldn’t we wait just a little longer for the autumn colors to arrive???
Tenacity
I don’t know what kind of tree this is, but I have to admire the tenacity with which it continually regrows branches/suckers that have been cut off. You can see scarred burls from years of pruning all along the length … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life, Nature
Tagged creativity, inspiration, motivation, nature, perspective
5 Comments
Ice Storm!
I know states to our south frequently get ice storms, but they are rare in Wisconsin. We usually get snow instead. However, we had a significant ice storm this week Monday through Tuesday evenings. Which, ironically, came exactly 100 years … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Nature
Tagged birch tree, ice storm, Milwaukee, nature, sunlight, winter
4 Comments
Field trip!
We try to take our dog on a field trip once a week, just to give her some new sights and smells and not to mention a thrilling opportunity to ride in the car! Today my daughter and I went … Continue reading
Is climate change cyclical?
Although most media reports on climate change focus on looming disaster, I’ve read some interesting articles recently that look backward and provide some long-term perspective. Melting glaciers are revealing ancient human artifacts as they recede. Beneath ice thousands of years … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Nature, News, Popular culture
Tagged archeology, climate change, glaciers, global warming, human artifacts, ice, ice age, ice patches, nature, Science
1 Comment
Crab-apple season (photos)
I have mixed feelings about our crab apple. On the one hand, it’s a beautiful tree, especially covered with soft pink flowers in spring. But it also dumps piles of fruit on the ground every autumn. Which the chipmunks love, as you … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged "il faut souffrir", "one must suffer to be beautiful", autumn, beautiful tree, chipmunks, crab apple, crab apples, dogs, nature
4 Comments
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright
It all depends on your perspective . . . Yesterday I happened to look up through the branches of our crab apple and silver maple trees and saw that the leaves way, way up there were suffused with late-afternoon sunlight. … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged "Casey at the Bat", joy in mudville, mighty casey, mood, nature, perspective, silver maple trees, sunshine, there is no joy in mudville
2 Comments
September Mint (and other photos of summer’s end)
September is here, and Mother Nature is wrapping up summer here in Milwaukee. After a busy August, I now am back in school (I teach at Milwaukee School of Engineering) and catching up on chores around the house whenever I … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee
Tagged autumn, autumn leaves, baby birds, cardinals, leaving the nest, mint, mint plants, nature, outdoors, plants, seasons, September, silver maple tree
8 Comments