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Nature’s Call: Effie Yeaw

January 16, 2019 by Ogee

In pursuit of new adventures, you sometimes lose sight of the jewels in your own backyard. Effie Yeaw Nature Center sits inside Ancil Hoffman Park in Carmichael, CA – a treasure embedded among 100 acres of oak woodland along the American River. It was named for Effie Yeaw, a teacher, conservationist and environmental educator who led natural and cultural history walks in the area once known as Deterding Woods. The Deterding family has a long history in the area dating […]

Categories: Nature, Nature Photography • Tags: American River, American River Parkway, Bucks, California Towhee, Deer, Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Egret, Nature Photography, Red-headed woodpecker, Wild Turkeys

Yellowstone

September 30, 2018 by Ogee

The Native Americans called it “Burning Mountains.” They thought an evil spirit lived among the meadows, rivers, forests, and towering mountains. If you witnessed the geysers or stepped into one of the scalding pools – you might think so too. But good spirits live here. Animal spirits. Nature spirits. I have just returned from my first (long overdue) trip to Yellowstone National Park. It is magnificent. I traveled with my friend and fellow gardener, Maria, and her son. There were […]

Categories: Nature, Nature Photography • Tags: Nature Photography, Yellowstone Bear, Yellowstone Bison, Yellowstone Elk, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone pronghorn, Yellowstone sheep, Yellowstone Steamboat

Wordless Wednesday: Two’s Company

September 12, 2018 by Ogee

Categories: Nature Photography • Tags: Dragon Fly, Nature Photography

Wordless Wednesday: Early for Thanksgiving

September 5, 2018 by Ogee

Categories: Nature Photography, Thanksgiving • Tags: Nature Photography, Thanksgiving, Wild Turkeys

Wordless Wednesday: Praying Mantis

August 29, 2018 by Ogee

Categories: Nature, Nature Photography • Tags: Nature Photography, Praying Mantis

Wordless Wednesday: Winged Beauty

July 25, 2018 by Ogee

Categories: Nature, Nature Photography, Photography • Tags: Nature Photography, Swallowtail Butterfly

Launching Pad

April 29, 2018 by Ogee

My author friend met through this blog, Stanley Horowitz, has just completed his new book. Titled “Can You Read the Tea Leaves of Autumn: The Poetic Wisdom of the Four Seasons,” he shared a copy with me. I’m not sure of his plans for it, but I hope he finds a way to publish it. The book is a continuation of the theme established in his now famous quote with his keen and poetic observations of each month of the […]

Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Nature Photography • Tags: #gardening, dog rescue, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Nature Photography, Spring Garden

Spring Tuning

March 25, 2018 by Ogee

There is a magical moment, just before the orchestra begins, when the oboe gives a note and the instruments are tuned in a chaotic staccato of strings, horns and reeds. A short, breathless pause follows as the conductor raises the wand – before a symphony explodes in synchronized waves of sound. The gardener knows this as early spring. A tulip appears, then an iris, an apple blossom, and tiny Clematis buds unwind – as if the whole garden is standing […]

Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Nature, Nature Photography • Tags: #gardening, Bronte Spring Quote, Early Spring Garden, Iris, Nature Photography, Tulips

A Postcard

March 18, 2018 by Ogee

I have “met” many interesting people through this blog. Animal lovers. Gardeners. Photographers. Writers. People close to home and people from the four corners of the earth. But never the author of a quote I have shared. Until now. Recently, a request came to the rescue from the author of the poem “Winter is an Etching.” It was quoted here. Sometimes, a quote inspires a photo; more often, I go searching for a quote to match an image. In this […]

Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden, Nature Photography, Photography, Thought • Tags: Nature Photography, Spring Garden, spring is a picture postcard, Stanley Horowitz writer, Winter is an etching