Around the Bend

Ohio birders head to Florida for many reasons, but especially to see a handful of birds that can't be seen anywhere else in the United S...

I love a good picnic. I have a standard assortment of food that I bring on our trips--crackers, pretzels and crunchy peanut butter tossed in...

I just got home from seeing the movie Lincoln.  What a powerful film! It is amazing how much has changed since the 1860's (transportatio...

Bill and I recently did a road trip to Florida, exploring sites on the Gulf coast, the Everglades and the Atlantic coast. What a fantastic t...

Not long ago while walking through Ohio's Springville Marsh State Nature Preserve I noticed this small tree: My first thought was ...

Not long ago Bill and I attended a fun program at Dawe's Arboretum in Newark, Ohio that featured food plants from around the world. O...

I've found that usually when we go out exploring, no matter how much we've tried to find out about our destination beforehand, ther...