Author: JoanHerrmann

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… even though we are several weeks behind, much of Central New York State in displaying a spring season filled with gorgeous flora, we are now quickly catching up. Our flowering...

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… hopefully, the last spring snowstorm has come and gone, we had at least twelve inches of snow last week. Snow doesn’t bother me, but being without electricity isn’t much fun...

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… is actually on our property and also within short walking distances. So much is happening this time of year and you don’t need to go very far to discover exciting things...

Story and photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… along the roadsides, in the woods, the bogs and all the treasured places that I travel in spring new life is emerging. Wood frogs and Spring Peepers are singing. Wildflowers...

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… as calendar spring begins showing signs of her arrival; my wanderings take me to wetlands. It might be a spring-fed pond, a marsh, a bog, a fen, or a slow-moving stream. Each...

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today it is again closer to home as the temperatures remain in the single digits. We still have plenty of snow to snowshoe or cross-country ski around the meadow and into the...

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… each new day brings us a few more minutes of daylight. I can see the effects of the longer daylight hours as I water my house plants. Many of the plants, especially the...

Story and Photos by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… what’s up might be any species of our winter/nonmigratory birds. Or maybe a mammal that we may seldom see except for those unfortunate who have not been able to cross the road...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today, with the temperatures in the single digits, it’s only as far as my comfortable chair in the living room. Before sitting down I need to start a fire in the wood-burning...

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… that flash of red may be seen in every month and season of the year. Before I see the first flash of red I may hear a loud pounding reverberation which resembles someone using...