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Far-far away, in warm Florida, on the Big Pine Island, on the mangroves branch above the little pond, the little green heron sat. And looked in the water with extreme attention. Because if look somewhere long enough, you can see something interesting. . . . → Continue reading The promenade of the little green heron
The longest and darkest night of the year is here. The shortest day follows it.
Yesterday’s hike brought to us the acquaintance with some nice mushrooms. Phallus impudicus aka Common stinkhorn. The name correlates not only with shape but also with the size. The biggest one that we met was about 20 cm long. The growth speed also fit into the concept . . . → Continue reading Penis intrepid
We are trying to find the alternative to our beloved Centenial Trail, just to get some change in our bike routine. It is difficult because CT is almost perfect: it is paved, it is close to home (about 30 min by car), it is long enough (30 . . . → Continue reading Cedar River Trail
Our state started to open (very slowly) different kind of parks, mainly for day use. The small part of Rainier NP is also opened now. It includes the trail to Crystal lake. We usually ignore such short hikes, but most places still under the snow or closed . . . → Continue reading Crystal Lake
The weather around May 9th was exceptionally summerish, about +30C, so we quickly remembered how nicely we opened the water season and decided to repeat and extend. On May 7th we repeated our way from Gold Bar to Monroe. Because of high temperature, . . . → Continue reading Snohomish River
Despite flamingo, the world of pink birds also has Roseate spoonbill aka Platalea ajaja. They live along the Atlantic coast from Argentina to Florida in the wet and warm environment. They catch their food (invertebrates, small frogs and fish) moving their fanny bills in the water. This . . . → Continue reading Roseate spoonbill
Even your family is not seagulls, or you don’t have a family at al. Young lizard caught a huge insect. Something like mole cricket. . . . → Continue reading You snooze, you lose. Second incident |
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