A small montage of the more common odonates in and around my dock on North Otter Lake, South Frontenac, Ontario.
Natural History
The Comet Neowise: Summer 2020
The best pictures from the summer 2020 visit by the comet Neowise to the inner parts of the Solar System.
The End of Everything
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52767659 Excellent book! Very much enjoying her style and humor while she teaches about the Ultimate end of it all. If you had to summarize it: enjoy the journey because the destination is bleak. Somehow Katie Mack makes this destination… Read More ›
Musings on The Nature of Things’ Lucretian
I think I can say, though somewhat tentatively at this point, and with some reservations and caveats, that if I had to choose a philosophical school I would subcribe to, it would be Epicureanism. From my somewhat limited understanding of… Read More ›
Testament to Erosive Power of Water
A few pictures of the Victoria coast along the Great Ocean Road. A testament to the tremendous erosive power of water. Views at or near The Twelve Apostles, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Lunar Eclipse on a Cold Winter’s Night
January 20th was already very cold to start with and the night promised to be even colder. Bitter is the word that came to mind. With temperatures hitting minus 25 with a projected wind chill of -35 degrees Celsius, it… Read More ›
Contact! Contact! My Musings on the Hunt
Consider Thoreau’s stirring words: ‘think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, —- rocks, trees, wind in our cheeks! the solid earth! the actual world! the common sense! Contact! Contact!… Read More ›
Hiking in Frontenac
A photo montage of a recent hikes in and around Frontenac Park, Ontario, Canada.
Bird Courses
I highly recommend the online Ornithology courses that Cornell University offers through the Bird Academy. The courses are very well laid out and can be taken at your own speed. I am in it the midst of two — a… Read More ›
Walden Ponderings 