Comments for A Passion for Nature

Comment on Blacksnake Mountain by Jennifer Schlick

Jennifer Schlick — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:01:33 +0000

I have walked that trail many times. I never knew it was named for a Seneca Chief. Thanks for the history lesson!

Comment on Blacksnake Mountain by Woodswalker II

Woodswalker II — Mon, 28 May 2012 03:30:20 +0000

Seneca chief Govenor Blacksnake was the nephew of chief
Cornplanter,also called “Chainbreaker”.This trail named for
him dips into Pennsylvania for a few hundred feet at the
southern most pointalong the route.

Comment on Blacksnake Mountain by Emily B

Emily B — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:10:53 +0000

A very impressive list! I’m trying to learn the names of the plants I see a little bit at a time, but I admit I get impatient with myself. There’s this part of me that wants to identify everything I see.

I love your slideshows of photos. Very cool idea, and great blog!

Comment on Fireflies / Glowworms by peter

peter — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:15:51 +0000

I just want say I found a glow worm n Wisconsin and I lived here on and off for 36yrs and never saw one till now I was fascinated by it so I put it n a container I was gonna call a school to c what it was but Yr site helped but I typed r there glow worms n wis and Yr site came up, I didn’t c anything about being n wis but I think they do lol thanks for the site

Comment on Wooly Beech Aphid by sybil

sybil — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:05:15 +0000

Never seen anything like that “wooly” aphid.

Comment on Eastern Leatherwood by Laurie Hodges

Laurie Hodges — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:39:48 +0000

I first saw Dirca palustris in the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and have since grown one in my backyard. It is a beautiful landscape shrub, needing only normal watering in extreme dry periods (grown in clay soil). It withstands wind and occasional temps into the low 100′s without problems. Fall color is a bright yellow. I do wish I had learned of it when I lived in New England to enjoy it in a natural setting.

Comment on Blacksnake Mountain by Jennifer Schlick

Jennifer Schlick — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:11:23 +0000

You know it, Mavis!!

Comment on Blacksnake Mountain by Artful abuela

Artful abuela — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:12:42 +0000

this story is sooo familiar: the dogs, the mosquito repellent within mind’s reach, but not anywhere nearby, the temps, the flowers, the beauty and lots of swatting amid fractured attempts to photograph! these days turn out to be some of the best memories (after the bites settle down and the dogs are asleep and you look through the day’s images…)

Comment on A Visit to Plummer’s Hollow by Jennifer Schlick

Jennifer Schlick — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:34:23 +0000

Thank you! Yes, I prefer the cold. If only summer brought temperatures never higher than the mid-sixties…

Comment on A Visit to Plummer’s Hollow by monicadevine

monicadevine — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:30:54 +0000

Ah…a fellow woman winter lover. Though I’m happy to see the sun. I enjoy your posts and photos.