May 2015

On Wednesday, I went with Diane E., chair of the Grand Island Conservation Advisory Board, and Kathleen M., stewardship director of the Western New York Land Conservancy, to look at two wooded lots in Grand Island. These wooded lots are owned by the town, which placed a conservation easement on them. A conservation easement, which […]

Today is mothers’ day so I decided to celebrate Mother Earth. Four years ago, when I went to Ecuador, I spent a few weekends in an indigenous community, where I learned about medicinal plants and where I experienced the celebration of the vernal equinox. I celebrated Mother Earth by walking in nature and by picking

At last, spring has sprung, and I got to go to River Lea during daylight hours, instead of in utter darkness. It is wonderful to see the gardens that are filled with spring flowers around River Lea. The presentation at the meeting on May 7th featured Frank Gallagher, town historian of Wilson, New York, who

Last Thursday, I completed my first A to Z challenge. It was an adventure and an… um… challenge. I never did come up with a theme, but, then again, my mind works in random ways so I might have felt stifled by a theme. The challenge was made even more challenging by the fact that

Diane and a 200-year-old oak. Spicer Creek’s water levels are very low. Bird motel. Another display of the low water levels of Spicer Creek. Yesterday, Diane, Roy, Ron, and I went for another walk along Spicer Creek. This time, the weather was cooperative. It was warm and sunny. Last week, it rained so I couldn’t