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...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… as the title implies, it will be Spring in just a few weeks for many of you. However, for us in the Adirondacks, spring is a bit more elusive and may not arrive for many weeks...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today, I am exploring the snow-covered meadow, woods, and pond. Even though most of the pond is covered with ice because it is spring fed, there is a large section of open...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander – perhaps when you hear the word rodent, the mammal which may come to mind first might be a mouse or rat, or even squirrel. Today’s column is about one of my favorite rodents,...
Read MoreStory and Photos by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… once again, I am staying close to home and will visit the meadow, woods, and pond. It has been a rather strange winter so far as snow, or lack of it, is concerned. In November, we...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today appears drastically different from a few days ago. We had an accumulation of about three feet of snow, and now after several days of 40 to 50-degree weather, it has...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… is not very far today; as soon as the bird feeders are filled and the suet is hung, “they” are already here. The “they” are the red and gray squirrels. Even though the red...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… this week, we weren’t wandering too far because there is so much to see and photograph right on our own property. We have already had two snow storms. The first left a foot of...
Read MoreStory and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… wherever it will be this week, I will have to be on snowshoes, cross-country skis, or from the warmth of my car. We got two snow storms this week. The first left us a foot of...
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today is near to our home. What I seek is usually within proximity. However, there are a few which occasionally return in November or December, coming from great distances....
Read MoreStory and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today it is down “memory lane.” I have been remembering things from my childhood. I am remembering things that happened in the last century. Unless you are twenty-two years...
Read MoreStory and photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… today will involve some hiking in the woods, a walk around the meadow, and checking out our neighbors’ two ponds. If I am patient, I am sure that I will find what I am looking...
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