NATURE REFLECTIONS Blog

In the early days of COVID-19 stay at home orders, I tended my garden with extra care and dipped into my stocks of...

28 September, 2020 / 0 Comments

I recently awoke to the sounds of screaming. Despite my quickened pulse, I suspected an animal. This was, after all, my Maryland hurricane...

28 July, 2020 / 0 Comments

Sedges swished as I picked my way along the edge of the marsh, freshwater to my left, the Gulf of Mexico lapping on...

28 June, 2020 / 0 Comments

Leatherback sea turtles were on my mind as I pulled into Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge’s beach-side parking lot. My quest for nesting...

12 May, 2020 / 0 Comments

It was still dark when we gathered in the small office. Dressed in long-pants and long-sleeves with steaming coffee mugs in hand and...

11 April, 2020 / 0 Comments

It was the new moon and it was dark, the type of blackness one never sees in the city. I squinted at the...

21 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

I arrived at Jonathan Dickinson State Park with no real agenda. It had been the closest camping spot I could find to Hobe...

08 February, 2020 / 0 Comments

For me, 2019 was packed with adventures as I explored Florida beyond my southern base in pursuit of animals to photograph for my...

07 January, 2020 / 0 Comments

It was the fourth day of my Mt Rainier National Park backpacking trip. As I sipped my coffee at the Yellowstone Cliffs campground,...

03 November, 2019 / 0 Comments