This is from a hike on April 18th at Camp Oty’Okwa in the Hocking Hills.
Week Eleven 2017 52 Project: Wahkeena Wildflowers
Out of order once again. This is today’s hike at Wahkeena Nature Preserve just south of Lancaster, OH. If you haven’t made it out into the woods this spring this may be the week to do it. It is a very good year for most wildflowers, but most of them…
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Week Ten 2017 52 Project: Rhododendron Cove and Christmas Rocks
In early March the PreservArt Ohio group went looking for Skunk Cabbage. First stop was Rhododendron cove. We found one small plant that was in pretty bad shape, but we did find a few other flowers. It was on to Christmas Rocks. We found the Skunk Cabbage growing along the…
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Week Nine 2017 52 Project: The Old Fishing Box
While going through things in my Dad’s basement back in February we ran across my Grandfathers old fishing box. It included several old fishing reels and lures and an old fishing license from his home in Scranton Pennsylvania. Al and Jennie later moved to Toms River New Jersey where we…
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Week Eight 2017 52 Project: Camp Oty’Okwa
This weekend I had training at Camp Oty’Okwa. It was a fun weekend with a great bunch of people wanting to learn how to share nature with children. The camp is beautiful. While most of the camp is private property, parts of it are available for public use if you want…
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Week Seven 2017 52 Project
I have been taking pictures, I just haven’t been getting them posted like I should. Today I went out for an evening hike with Julia (my PreservArt Ohio partner) to see what, if anything, was blooming. We found several species, so I wanted to share this one(out of order) so…
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Week Six 2017 52 Project: When Spring Comes Early in Ohio
We have had a strange winter in Ohio this year. Our last significant snowfall was back in December, and February felt more like spring than winter. In late February and early March it is pretty normal to see a few species blooming. My Hellebores were right on schedule, but we…
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Week Five 2017 52 Project
On February 11th I had the opportunity to go to a photo shoot with The Central Ohio Photography Group. They had arranged a photo shoot at The Ohio Wildlife Center. They are a wild animal rehabilitation center located just north of Columbus in Powell , Ohio. You can learn more…
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Week Four 2017 52 Project
I am a bit behind on my 52 project. I have had some unexpected trips out of town, but I will catch up. Thank goodness I am not trying to do a 365 this year! On Monday we had some beautiful weather, and since I am working on a state…
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Week Three 2017 52 Project
In 2008 I started a project that involved putting a book together about Ohio’s State parks. I visited a lot of the parks, but because of the size of the project and the distance I would have needed to travel to get to all of the parks, it was put…
