https://sittinginthewoods.com/2018/01/04/588/2018-01-04T19:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2018/01/04/from-the-porcupine-mountain-archives/2018-01-04T19:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/11/04/1186/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0001.jpgIMG_00012013-11-10T20:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/09/09/and-into-the-sterling-new/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/lilypad-in-the-clouds-1-of-1.jpgLilyPad in the Clouds LilyPad in the Clouds 2013-09-17T12:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/07/08/prairie-dock-series-in-the-breeze-with-grasses-and-shadows/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burdock-series-8-of-8.jpgprairie dock series (8 of 8)https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burdock-series-7-of-8.jpgprairie dock series (7 of 8)https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burdock-series-6-of-8.jpgprairie dock series (6 of 8)https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burdock-series-5-of-8.jpgprairie dock series (5 of 8)https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burdock-series-4-of-8.jpgprairie dock series (4 of 8)https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burdock-series-3-of-8.jpgprairie dock series (3 of 8)https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burdock-series-2-of-8.jpgprairie dock series (2 of 8)https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burdock-series-1-of-8.jpgprairie dock series (1 of 8)2013-07-09T00:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/06/28/aside/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wolf-road-1-2-of-2.jpgPrairie Dockhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wolf-road-1-1-of-2.jpgPrairie Dock 2https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/spiny-bud-1-of-1.jpgspiny bud (1 of 1)https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/red-beetle-1-of-1.jpgred milkweed beetle2013-06-28T17:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/06/25/redwing-blackbird-at-wolf-road-prairie/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wolf-road-1-1-of-1.jpgWolf Road Prairiehttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/redwing-at-wolf.jpgRedWing Blackbird at Wolf Rd PrairieI've been visiting Wolf Road Prairie lately, and it's a pretty amazing place. What was slated to be a housing development in the twenties went undeveloped after the crash and Great Depression and the land has been acquired piece by piece by the county and state to now be considered the best black soil or mesic prairie remnant East of th2013-06-27T13:03:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/06/16/spitbug-bubbles-thorns/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/untitled-26.jpgThorny Blowouthttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/untitled-10.jpgSpitbug!2013-06-17T03:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/06/13/problems-with-the-profound-and-just-sitting-around/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo.jpgacross the alley2013-06-17T03:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/04/16/ticks-ramps-and-audubon-apps/2013-04-17T13:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/04/06/great-horned-owl-in-bemis-woods/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ghowl_sprg13.jpgGHOwl_sprg'13https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ghowl_sprg13-4.jpgGreat Horned OwlThurber, my very tiny, thus low-impact rat terrier companion for the day was kept close at all times so as not to mistaken for food. GHOwls sometimes eat skunks and opossums, and ole Thurb is smaller than both.https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ghowl_sprg13-2.jpgGHOwl_sprg'13-2I apologize for the image quality on some of these. I'm somewhat limited in what I can accomplish at a distance with what I have...this is the tradeoff for not lugging a bulky camera through the woods.2013-05-28T14:00:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/02/06/what-a-day-and-the-irony-of-it-all/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/snow-fungus-2.jpgsnow fungus 2snowy fungushttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/icicles-over-creek.jpgicicles over creekmore ice over Salt Creekhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blown-out-trunk.jpgblown out trunkhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bemis-first-snow.jpgBemis First SnowAnother Prairie Snowballhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bemis-first-snow-13.jpgBemis First Snow-13https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bemis-first-snow-12.jpgBemis First Snow-12https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bemis-first-snow-11.jpgBemis First Snow-11https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bemis-first-snow-10.jpgBemis First Snow-10https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bemis-first-snow-9.jpgBemis First Snow-9https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bemis-first-snow-8.jpgBemis First Snow-82013-04-06T01:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/02/16/on-the-narrative-of-bridges-and-kingfishers/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kingfisher.jpgBelted Kingfisherhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kingfisher-5.jpgKingfisher-5https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kingfisher-4.jpgKingfisher-4https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kingfisher-3.jpgKingfisher-3https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kingfisher-2.jpgKingfisher-2https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kingfisher-closer.jpgKingfisher closer...but this is the best I can do.https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bridge.jpg31st Street Bridge2013-04-06T00:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/04/05/1057/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dried-flowers-1.jpgA beautiful day to be out and about..vernal ponds loaded with frogs, some new birds have arrived..though still not a lot of green. But the light has changed, it's warm in the sun, and I think the woods are definitely waking.2013-04-07T15:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/04/01/reflections-on-being-here/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bemis-big-snow.jpgSalt Creek https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bemis-big-snow-5.jpgsnowleaf closerhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bemis-big-snow-4.jpgA step closerhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bemis-big-snow-3.jpgInto the Woodshttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bemis-big-snow-2.jpgLone Trail2013-04-03T17:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/03/05/family-friends-and-community/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_2375.jpghttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_2374.jpghttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_2373.jpghttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_2372.jpgEl GrupoFriends of many ages!2013-03-05T19:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/02/09/935/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/notebook1.jpgnotebook1notes from the mornin'time: fiveAMramble #12013-02-16T21:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/01/21/so-so-cold/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/westchester-8-degrees.jpgMcCormick Woods/Salt Creek 8 degreessnowflakes and Salt Creek frozen around stonehttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/westchester-8-degrees-5.jpgMcCormick/Salt Creek 8 degreeshttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/westchester-8-degrees-4.jpgMcCormick Woods/Salt Creek 8 degreesIce globules along Salt Creek in Westchester Woodshttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/westchester-8-degrees-3.jpgMcCormick Woods/Salt Creek 8 degreesIce globules along Salt Creek in Westchester Woodshttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/westchester-8-degrees-2.jpgMcCormick Woods/Salt Creek 8 degrees-2Ice globules along Salt Creek in Westchester Woods2013-01-28T03:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/01/17/844/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/old-chair.jpgold chairLooks like someone else has been sitting around in these here woods. 2013-02-10T15:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2013/01/07/834/2013-01-07T23:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/12/21/fibonacci-leaves/2012-12-21T13:36:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/12/19/bald-cypress-and-a-carcass-revisited/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/deer-bones.jpgDeer BonesIf I remember correctly, there were two jawbones lying side by side as if they'd fallen from the skull that way. I wish I would have gotten a picture of that, but again...not a lot of experience with dead deer photography, and it was still a little stinky.https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/deer-bones-2.jpgDeer BonesI don't have a lot (any) experience photographing carcasses...plus, this one was still a little ripe. Still though, amazing how thoroughly consumed and decomposed in such a short time. There were some other scraps scattered about, that we came across a short ways away.2012-12-19T16:52:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/12/18/801/2012-12-19T00:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/12/17/788/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sc-with-tonja.jpgmushroom on fallen trunkI've walked past this log many times; it's always fascinating to me how much you can find when you take the time to look, and the subtle appearances, and disappearances that transpire over the days, weeks, and months.https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sc-with-tonja-8.jpgbald cypressThis is a bald cypress, one of a few growing along a small, marshy area where I originally found the deer a few months back. Apparently, the bald cypress belongs to the sequoia family; they can grow to be over 100 feet tall and live to be anywhere from 800 to 1,000 years old.https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sc-with-tonja-7.jpgspider on mossy loghttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sc-with-tonja-6-2.jpgfibonacci leaf 1https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sc-with-tonja-4.jpgfibonacci leaf 22012-12-18T01:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/12/15/notes-from-the-porkies-2/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mirror-lake.jpgMirror Lake2012-12-16T01:04:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/11/26/738/2012-11-27T02:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/11/21/foggy-morning-in-westchester-woods/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/westchester-foggy.jpgWestchester Foggyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/westchester-foggy-3.jpgWestchester Foggy-3https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/westchester-foggy-2.jpgWestchester Foggy-22012-11-28T17:17:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/10/31/fall-is-here-and-im-slathered-in-deadlines/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sc-with-tonja.jpgWhite Oak https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fall-12.jpgSalt Creek Prairie Autumn Treelinehttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/big-cloud-comin.jpgBig Cloud Comin2012-11-01T23:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/08/23/more-notes-from-bemis-woods-and-speeder-bikes/2012-10-19T02:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/08/28/seen-and-unseen/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bemis-8-25-91.jpgBemis 8-25-9https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bemis-8-25-6.jpgHiding - Bemis Woods - 8/25/12Hiding2012-10-19T02:23:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/07/finding-time-at-willow-springs-woods/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wilson-springs.jpgWilson Springshttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wilson-springs-10.jpgWilson Springs-10https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wilson-springs-9.jpgWilson Springs-9https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wilson-springs-8.jpgWilson Springs-8https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wilson-springs-7.jpgWilson Springs-7https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wilson-springs-6.jpgWilson Springs-6https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wilson-springs-2.jpgWilson Springs-2https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ironweed-beetles.jpgironweed beetleshttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dried-ball.jpgdried ballhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/3-birds-wilsonsprings.jpg3 birds WilsonSprings2012-10-19T02:23:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/14/notes-from-the-porkies-part-1/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chipmunk.jpgchipmunkhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/porkies-branches.jpgPorkies branches2012-10-19T02:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/20/on-dragonflies-a-carcass-and-beavers/2012-10-19T02:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/21/beavers/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_14631.jpgIMG_1463https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_14611.jpgIMG_1461https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_14571.jpgIMG_1457https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_14561.jpgIMG_1456https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_14531.jpgIMG_14532012-10-19T02:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/30/salt-creek-prairie/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sl-prairie-9-30-35.jpgSL Prairie 9-30-35https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sl-prairie-9-30-33.jpgSL Prairie 9-30-332012-10-22T15:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/30/salt-creek-prairie-81560wind-east/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chewed-2.jpgchewed-2https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chewed.jpgchewedhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/blue1.jpgBlue1https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/blue2.jpgblue2https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/scoutblackwng1.jpgScoutBlackWng12012-10-21T18:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/10/15/922-imperceptible-threads/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/imperceptible-threads.jpgimperceptible threadshttps://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/imperceptible-threads-2.jpgimperceptible threads-22012-10-21T18:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/20/532/2012-09-21T01:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/05/437/2012-09-05T20:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/01/the-land-ethic-part-2-notes-from-the-steno-pad/2012-09-05T02:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/09/02/the-land-ethic-part-3/2012-09-03T00:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/08/31/the-land-ethic-part-1/2012-09-01T03:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.com/2012/08/27/yellow-ladybug/https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bemis-8-25-12.jpgYellow Ladybug? - Bemis Woods - 8/25/12https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bemis-8-25-11.jpgBemis 8-25-11https://sittinginthewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bemis-8-25-9.jpgWhite Moth - Bemis Woods - 8/25/12I had taken about six shots before I actually saw this guy.2012-09-06T01:51:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sittinginthewoods.comdaily1.02018-01-04T19:18:20+00:00