A Glimpse of Nature

A Glimpse of Nature — Oaks: Some ID & Ecology

The foundation of nature study is the habit of watching and wondering, of making observations and asking questions, a habit that I try to practice daily and to encourage through this blog.   These simple, and sometimes brief, observations quickly point to the complexity of our world.  

In writing A Glimpse of Nature, I hope to demonstrate the joys and accessibility of nature study AND to focus attention on some of those complexities.  As unwise as it may be to combine both, here I go again.  Let’s start with the visible.  

A Glimpse of Nature - Gills & Pores

A Glimpse of Nature -- Gills & Pores

October 15, 2021  

 

This week, let’s look at a few of the fungi that have been growing around the Ames Free Library.  Rather, I should specify that we’ll be examining their fruiting bodies. After all, the inconspicuous mycelia of these fungi have been growing there all along . . . but we’ll get to that another day.  

A Glimpse of Nature - A New Twist

A Glimpse of Nature --  A New Twist

September 17, 2021

Last week I lamented the difficulty of photographing night-singing insects.  Whenever I approached, they became silent and “disappeared” into the dark foliage. . . until I walked away.  Well, not long after I completed the post on “Night Music,” the insects became more cooperative.  One tree cricket was sitting on the picnic table where I settled down for dinner.

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