Category Archives: Nature

I can be found walking Stella along the trails of Duke Forest almost every week-end. Last week-end Bonnie joined us with her camera for the occasion of Stella’s second birthday. While swimming in the creek is usually the highlight, she’s … Continue reading →

I saw this piece of pea gravel magically spinning in the air behind my house [YouTube]. It was about a foot off the ground then. When I returned later after forgetting about it, my head bumped into the gravel piece. … Continue reading →

Last fall, the powers that be at Duke Forest (presumably the Forestry department at Duke) re-positioned the rocks on the downstream side of the concrete bridge as shown in the first image. While New Hope Creek is usually gentle, I … Continue reading →

With the drought continuing, a reader asked for an updated picture of the New Hope Creek “subflooring” I showed in August. The boards are completely dry now. The water is at least a foot lower than before and the small … Continue reading →

It looks like it’s so dry that the sub-flooring of New Hope Creek is showing through, but it’s really the base of the old dam at Johnston’s Mill Nature Preserve.

Most of our yard is covered in ivy. It makes a nice green ground cover, and we just have to trim it back from trees, beds, and paths a few times a year, which is a lot easier than mowing … Continue reading →

While walking in Duke Forest, I took a series of photos of this stone wall from slightly different vantage points. The idea was that I could then overlay the images in Photoshop and keep the good parts of each one, … Continue reading →