Author: Amy Law
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Baby Owl Day
You know how it seems like there is an official Day for just about everything? I’ve decided to officially declare this Baby Owl Day. Why? Because I finally got to see them! I’ve been told that there are three owlets in the nest. Here, I can only see two for sure, and then mama in…
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Aurora Borealis at -35o
Up until now I have posted my own photographs on this blog, with very few exceptions. But my brother and his wife went to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, earlier this month to see the Aurora boriealis displays. The photos they brought back were stunning. Auroras are created when the sun burps plasma full of charged…
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Upslope Storm
We’re having a classic wet, sloppy, snowy spring storm today. It started last night and is expected to continue through tomorrow. So far, we’ve gotten about 9 inches of very wet snow, with about the same amount expected through today. This is called an “upslope storm” because winds circling around a low pressure in the…
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Raven in Cottonwood Tree
I love ravens. I know, they have a bad reputation in some circles, but they are smart birds, and their behavior can be fascinating. My dogs told me about a raven in the cottonwood tree across the street this morning. For some reason, every dog I’ve ever had has gone into a barking frenzy whenever…
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Wonder Returns
When I started my blog, lo these many years ago, it was, in part, to celebrate that unexpected wonder around us. But it’s been a hard few years for all of us, and I just wasn’t feeling so wonderful. Yesterday I went out birding with Anne, one of the folks I met on my recent…
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More Extremely Early Flowers
I saw this little plant in the rocks along our dog-walk route. Yes, that is a bit of snow sitting on it. My botany training from long ago says that it is a Senico, or common groundsel, in the sunflower family. It’s native to Europe, and probably came over in seeds of some sort. I’ve…
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Spring is coming …
February is always a hard month, but this year has been a little tougher than others. My husband and I have each had non-life-threatening medical problems (covid for me and joint replacement for him), both dogs have injured their legs, and major snow storms for each of the past three weeks, have all begun to…
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Forecast was for an inch, soon to melt off
A brave, or foolish, magpie looks for a meal. I’m just really impressed that it built up as it did. Evan a little breeze will tip snow this deep over. Evidently, it was a really calm night. Thirteen and a half inches of very heavy, wet snow. Pretty, though. And we’re always glad for the…
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Monarch Butterflies Overwintering In Mexico
I remember the day in the 1976 that I ripped open the butcher paper wrapper to the National Geographic Magazine to see the cover of the woman covered in Monarch Butterflies. She had just tracked down where they went every winter, and shared that information with researchers in Canada. For me, that moment represented was…
Amy Law, Science Geek 