When I ran into a fairly large patch of this whilst wandering along the road above Canyon Creek after I…
I have had a bit of a mental block with the species in the genera Montia and Claytonia. Back in 2010 when I started…
I did end up going trout fishing up at Canyon Creek in nw Clark County, Washington, on opening day, but…
Maianthemum dilatatum is not a spectacular wildflower by itself, though they are certainly a pretty one. But large patches of them,…
I don’t get out on nature walks with my dad very often, because I try not to inflict my inveterate…
There is something almost homey about thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), with their large, soft leaves, lack of thorns, and large, graceful,…
A dozen or so years ago, when I was first trying to identify wildflowers, I was very puzzled by which…
One of my pet peeves is people leaving their dogs unleashed on trails and out in the woods, and I’ve…
When Pam and I headed into the Columbia River Gorge last Sunday one of my hopes was that we’d find…
In honor of today being Imbolc, an ancient Gaelic holiday celebrating the midpoint between the winter solstice and the vernal…