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Last night, I just happened to be looking out a north-facing bedroom window when a bright “green thing” fell out of the sky at around 23:15 hrs. EST. I assume it was a meteor… or would that be meteorite? In any case, I made the little graphic to provide an approximate idea of what it […]

The Corkscrew Tree Prairie Creek Yesterday was the first of what will probably end up being three or four posts on the redwood groves that we visited while in California in September and October. Leaving aside the diameter and the height, the thing that blows me away about these trees is their mass. I can’t […]

This is a continuation of the posts I’ve been writing about my recent trip out west. I’ve been meaning to post a few photos taken while in the Redwood forests of northern California, so I’ll do so over the next couple of days. I had the pleasure of spending several days camping and hiking in […]

A couple of recent photography-related posts have reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write up something about working in low-light conditions. Wayne at Niches has just written two super posts on photographing the night sky — see here and here. Check out the second of these posts to see some interesting photos taken the […]

Yesterday, Don, Sabrina and I hiked the Hemlock Ridge and Beech Woods Trails at Charleston Lake Provincial Park (in eastern Ontario). We’ve hiked these trails many times over the years and there’s always something of interest whatever the season. Before we had even left the parking area, we encountered the above Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) […]

While looking through some of my odonate photos, I came across some shots that I meant to post back in the summer. Reckon it’s better late than never, so I’ll post them today. The image on the left (click on photos for larger view), is the face of a female Ebony Jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx maculata). […]