Pooh Sticks at Piper’s Creek

My goal this year is a nature walk with the kids each week. That’s the goal. The reality is that it’s a lot of work to get my kids bundled up and out of the house when it’s rainy or cold or both, and my desire to be present to the beauties of the...

Low Tide at Constellation Park

At my feet, sunlight shimmers off a small stream. My eyes follow its trickling over blue-gray rocks to the tide line low on the shore. Wind fills white sails on the Sound. Mountains rise hazy blue in the West. Children call and clamber on boulders that tumble to the...

Birding with Brenda

Jack opens the door for Brenda. She’s come to take us on our first birding excursion. “You have amazing birds over here!” she exclaims as she walks into the house. “The first thing I heard when I got out of my car was a ruby-crowned kinglet....

Look and See

On Sunday we went to the Arboretum and walked out to Foster and Marsh Islands. Jack climbed trees, Jane threw rocks into the creek and watched the ripples circle out to the shore, and the twins toddled around getting their hands and pantlegs muddy. Doug and I snapped...