These snails were some of the other cool finds from my trip to the confluence of the Green/NF Toutle rivers…
I love the texture that the branched horsetails give to the areas that they inhabit, but I’ve been reluctant to…
As I mentioned in ‘Evolution of a Recreational Naturalist – 10,000 Things of the Pacific Northwest ‘, it was finding a…
I don’t get out on nature walks with my dad very often, because I try not to inflict my inveterate…
This small, handsome member of the family Rhyparochromidae (dirt-colored seed bugs) is apparently sometimes called a tuxedo bug, which seems…
There is something almost homey about thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), with their large, soft leaves, lack of thorns, and large, graceful,…
This carabid beetle was yet another great find by my grandson Lee on our trip to the confluence of the…
This very cool looking fungus was another great find that my observant grandson Lee made on our trip to the…
It’s always a pleasure to go out looking for cool stuff with my grandson Lee, because not only is he good…
A dozen or so years ago, when I was first trying to identify wildflowers, I was very puzzled by which…