The Dragonfly Whisperer

The SHIP Harbor Interpretive Trail is a very nice new park in Anacortes right down by the ferry docks.  The park includes trails and boardwa...

Two years ago Betsy and I spent a few days at the Sun Mountain Lodge in Winthrop, WA to enjoy the wonderful Fall colors.  We've been see...

One of the slow-motion videos I took this summer showed a Four-spotted Skimmer chasing and catching a small fly.  The way he did it was a bi...

This April, my sister and her husband joined Betsy and me for a delightful walk around the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, just east of Phoenix, A...

Well, the weather has taken a definite turn toward the cloudy and rainy.  There are still lots of nice Fall days to come, with lots of splas...

I just happened to see this movie again.  It's a fun example of 1950s sic fi.  I'll repeat this report on the movie in case you miss...

Yes, autumn has arrived – both as reckoned by the calendar, and by nature. In our backyard, we have lots of Dark-eyed Juncos, which ushere...