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Equinox
It’s turning time for wildlife, chickens, and people As the Northern Hemisphere of the earth continues its ageless slow wobble away from the sun, days gradually shorten until a wondrous event happens. The Autumnal Equinox happens around September 21st each year. It’s...
Join Hoover’s Hatchery Good Clean Chicken Shaming!
Hoover's Hatchery is sponsoring a "Chicken Shaming" contest! Seriously! Join the fun for some good clean Chicken Shaming by sending your story and photo. Winding Pathways works closely with Hoover's Hatchery and we love their work.
Alaska Winter Adventures
Why I Wanted to Visit Alaska In the Winter Guest Blogger, Jane Suiter Potos by Jane Suiter I have the privilege of having two friends who call Alaska home. My first visit was in the summer of 1998 when I turned 50. Because I had always wanted to visit Alaska, I went...
Swallowtail Soiree
Guest Blogger, Sheryl Ochs On a jaunt to the garden to retrieve some herbs for my freshly cooked carrots, I paused in surprise to see 12 small black caterpillars, each with a tiny white stripe in the middle, chomping away on my only parsley plant. I knew that parsley...
Alaska Cultural Adventures
Colors, Costumes, Customs, and Carvings all coalesced at the Anchorage Museum on a cold winter’s day. On my first visit to this amazing city tucked into the head of the Cook Inlet, we took a break from all things outdoors in the winter, to tour this vast museum. ...
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Labyrinth Renewal
As we prepare for The Gathering at Loyola Field Campus in Illinois in October, I'm remembering the lovely Veriditas Labyrinth Renewal Day this spring at Stony Point Retreat Center in New York. https://youtu.be/BbYqB1hjAiY
Lyme Disease – A Personal Story
Lyme Disease Has Spread According to National Public Radio physicians in all 50 states have reported treating cases of Lyme Disease. It is named for the town of Lyme, Connecticut, where it was first identified in the 1970s. At first, the disease was confined mostly to...
EGO Cordless Lawn Mower
Tested by Winding Pathways LLC An independent review of the EGO Cordless Lawn Mower A WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE Winding Pathways recently received a loan of an EGO Cordless Lawn Mower. For several weeks both Rich and Marion used it in the various ways we’ve used our gas...
Update on a Young Redtail Hawk
On May 31st just before we were leaving for an Outdoor Writers Association of America Conference, a friend messaged pictures to me of a large bird in her little dog wading pool. It looked like a hawk of some sort. The day was super hot for late May and the bird...
Mugging Barberry One pleasant Saturday morning a couple dozen heavily armed people walked to the interior of Faulkes Heritage Woods. Their weapons were those used to help heal the forest and included thick leather gloves, lopping shears, hand saws, and clippers. They...
Links to Stories of Wondrous Yards
The Gazette in Cedar Rapids has had several interesting nature stories connected to creating wondrous yards. Living Section features "Birds do it, Bees do it", "Add a Little Luck to Your Landscape" and Purslane (by Winding Pathways). We loved reading about the birds...
Channeling Wisconsin’s Wildlife
Susan Hrobar guest blogger Fun Through the Window We are fortunate to live at the end of a channel on a small lake. Our north facing windows face our backyard and the channel. One of our friends, who knows very little about nature, does not understand that after...
Sunnylands Labyrinth, Rancho Mirage
A Guest Blog by Teri Petrzalek Background Information: Sunnylands is the 200-acre estate outside Palm Springs of Walter and Lenore Annenberg. In 2001 they created a trust fund to “address serious issues facing the nation and the world community.” A 25,000 square...
Attract Hummingbirds this Summer
This Nectar is TOOOO Hot! Ahh, Just Right! Lijun Chadima, Guest blogger Every year I always like to put the hummingbird feeder out as soon as the weather warms up. It's been difficult this spring because of the crazy temperature fluctuations. Earlier this spring I...
Marijuana!
As we drove along a rural road recently we spotted a healthy patch of wild marijuana. Most Iowans call it ditch weed. For an” illegal” plant it’s amazingly common across much of the United States and loves living in poor soil out in the hot summer sun. The plant is...