by Janet Jones | Feb 27, 2017 | Phenology
Looking for Bluebirds on South Fork Starting a phenology journal is as simple as noting when you observe the firsts of the year. And the Mountain Bluebirds should show up in the greater Yellowstone area anytime in the next week or so. Each year you make notes of the...
by Janet Jones | Feb 21, 2017 | Phenology
Seeing Signs of Spring They’re coming! The Mountain Bluebirds are on their way. It’s the surest sign of spring we all look for out here and an email list came through today saying they saw the first ones outside of Laramie. Next they should be seen in the Casper area...
by Janet Jones | Feb 12, 2017 | Field Journaling, Phenology
Where have all the rabbits gone? 11 Feb 2017 | Ever since the last few snow storms that moved through, the rabbits we would regularly see have all disappeared. In fact, the past few days, I continually look specifically for them and find none. Then last night while...
by Janet Jones | Feb 10, 2017 | Phenology
Looking For Spring The chinook winds are (still) blowing this morning as I write and the streets in town that were full of water yesterday are drying out. The winds have melted the 8″ or so we got from the last storm and are working on the snow left from December....
by Janet Jones | Jan 2, 2017 | Around Here
Mastering the Art of Focus “If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the...
by Janet Jones | Dec 23, 2016 | Around Here
2016 – My Year of YES As the year winds down, I find myself in transition from this year’s word of YES to next year’s word of FLOW (more on that to come). I want to share how this process works simply because I encourage you to try finding a word to guide you....