Observing natural movements, the growth of the Earth, and the ecosystems sustaining it has become a healing experience for me. The shift of stone and rock formations showcases not only the beauty of nature, but also the strength and power it holds in its ability to adapt. This resilience to ...
It is firmly winter right now, and we can all feel it. The temperature is chilly, sometimes dipping into the negatives, with cold winds and plenty of snow. Living in western New York, you get used to dealing with winter, whether it’s shoveling snow or bundling up to go outside and run ...
Weather is more than just a colorful chart on your television screen or crossing your fingers for a snow day. Winter comes with temperature drops, bird migration, and bundling up. Here, winter also comes with plenty of shoveling and making sure your home stays warm and insulated. As we trudge ...
On a cold winter day, it’s easy to think of the landscape as frozen, silent, and asleep. Snow covers our fields and forests, trails crunch underfoot, and most signs of life seem to disappear. But just beneath that snowy surface exists a hidden world, and this world is very much alive. ...
Snow. While it’s still early in the winter, here in Chautauqua County we are already feeling the freeze. The world has been blanketed with white, and it seems like that blanket is here to stay. While the snow does cause some inconveniences for us humans, for many animals it is one of ...
The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all the maples, oaks, and more are now bare. Although the world may be quiet, the trees are not dead, and even without leaves the bark provides a home for all sorts of living things. Bark is the outer covering of a tree, and just like our skin it protects the tree from infection and disease. Similar to skin, bark is composed of different layers, but the outermost one that you usually see is ...
