As the kaleidoscope of our Fall season inexorably turns, the once-bright autumnal hues, which only recently seemed stunningly immutable and starkly in-our-face, have changed their tune. Now they speak to us in more muted, darker tones of faded yellow and orange, rich browns, and disintegrating greens. I’m almost afraid of what they’re trying to say. I […]
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It’s Almost Autumn: Ranger Dave on September’s Quiet Transition into Fall
As I write this, it is 68 degrees at 11 p.m., the windows are wide open and I’m enjoying the “cricket chorus” immensely. The katydids are “katydid-ing” up a storm and the crickets sound like a hundred billion little bells ringing for all they’re worth. They’re successfully masking my tinnitus for the moment. This is […]
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Seasonal Cycling: Ranger Dave on August’s Quiet Transitions
It never ceases to amaze me how time passes. It was not that long ago that it seemed spring would never arrive, as each tiny green shoot ever-so-slowly poked its way above the newly thawed soil, followed by another, then another—slowly, fitfully bringing that special, brand-new, bright green, nitrogen-rich color of the vernal season upon […]
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Good Season: Ranger Dave on June’s Quiet Bloom
The light in the woods has changed abruptly. Last week, the trees and shrubs still wore their bright, light-green spring coats, a sign of the nitrogen-rich land suffused with life. Now, with heat and rain—voilà!—the forest is shrouded in the cool, dark green of summer. The canopy has filled in, mysteries hidden beneath mother nature’s […]