I live in an area that gets anywhere from 35 to 50 inches of rain per year. Perfect conditions for a rain forest … but not so good when 70% (I think) of the area is roofed or paved over with parking lots, freeways and roads. Storm water goes DIRECTLY into the streams — streams [...]
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Storm Water
Posted in Neighborhood, Vancouver, tagged Vancouver on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Birds a-plenty
Posted in birds, Vancouver, tagged birds, Vancouver on February 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Forever Young hike along the Lewis River and wetland was replete, a-flutter and a-honk with Canadian Geese. Listening to them, it’s easy to understand where the word “gaggle” came from. The third stop on yesterday’s Forever Young wuss-hike was a drive through the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge – a vast wetland of over 5,000 [...]
False spring
Posted in Vancouver, Walks, tagged Vancouver, Walks on February 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Early February is a lovely interlude in the Pacific NW winter. We get a few weeks of warm blushing weather that fools you into the false belief that winter’s over. It’s as brief as it is pleasant. Who knows? Maybe this year with El Nino … anything’s possible. “Silhouetted limbs” against the sky … And [...]
My “shed”
Posted in Vancouver, tagged Vancouver on January 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m training to be a watershed steward. It is SO fascinating! I’ve only taken one night’s class and I learned so much already. So here’s the big picture for Clark County, WA: … and here’s the smaller picture of Burnt Bridge Creek: Now of course these are both ‘small’ pictures. They’re both part of the [...]
Port of Call
Posted in Excursions, Vancouver, tagged Vancouver on January 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hello again! It’s taken me a while to get back in the saddle after being away for 2 weeks in the SF Bay Area and a 10 day trip to La Paz, Baja California. Came home sick as a dog. Yeah, yeah … life is rough. OK, my latest venture was a tour of the [...]
