A couple inches of snow on the ground and a couple prints, back from the frame shop, ready to hang in the home office. First up, a pair of orangespotted sunfish. One of my first summer jobs was surveying sand-bottom prairie streams, where these guys hang out in slow pools and weedy backwaters. They typically only get two… Read More nostalgia.
It’s the last day of 2023, and the sun can’t decide if it’ll come out. Chores are finished, and in a bit I’ll kindle a fire and start the hoppin’ john for a low-key evening with the dog and a toast to the new year. I’ve earned it. This last year’s been a whirlwind of putting out… Read More 2023 in the books.
I like when tall clouds catch light from beyond the horizon, and finding bumblebees asleep on blue spires of lobelia. It rained a bit, cooled off a bit, and the leaves are just beginning to drop- so I figured it was an opportune time to catch up with the local trout stream. The water’s still… Read More First of October.
That time when rivers and streams are at their lowest, when fish- for the most part- are done spawning and growing for the year. When the leaves start falling in temperate climates, kicking off the base of the food chain in headwater streams. When we can look forward to spring rains. I took a break… Read More It’s a new water year
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