Got Gas? Some foods give you gas, but this is the time of year when gas gives you a really delicious food. Maple syru Paul Hetzler
Small-Scale Items and Curiosities Here from my island home in the Admiralty Group, are a few of the small-scale items and curiosities, that are easy to overlook, Winifred McGowan
January 2020 - A New Year Amazing water level photographs, Dan Tack tribute and beautiful winter photographs!, Yes, Volume 15 - means 15 years of TI Life.... Susan W. Smith
Island Terrarium It was always my dream to take a piece of the river home with me in the fall to help me savor my island world until I could return in the spring. Last fall, I did just that. Lynn E. McElfresh
Winter Swings Sometimes it feels as though Old Man Winter has a temperature-oscillation App which he turns on before disappearing for a week or two.. Paul Hetzler
The Thousand Acre Challenge TIWLT has done a lot for this area, and is about to do more with the launch of their latest initiative: The Thousand Acre Challenge. Calder Schweitzer
That Beautiful Sound Transport yourself to the serenity of the River. Close your eyes. What do you hear? An eerie but beautiful sound. A Common Loon. Each year dozens of volunteers take part in the Annual Loon Count on the St. Lawrence River. Aliana Young
Deer Grandma and Grandpa... What is life like for those few lucky, possibly smarter, white-tailed deer which manage to avoid cars, coyotes, projectiles and parasites beyond the first few years of existence? Paul Hetzler
Halloween Storm of 2019: A Witches’ Brew First-Hand* To know that a storm is coming is to apprehend mystery and fate... By bedtime, it was blowing a gale. Raymond S. Pfeiffer
Treeconomics 101: Color-Coded Prosperity Trees whose leaves show color ahead of their same-species peers are doing so because they are barely breaking even. The solar-powered sugar factories we call trees are good savers, ... Paul Hetzler
Northern Harrier Magician of Grassland and Marsh Once known as Marsh Hawk, this species is a favorite raptor of mine. They are most often seen skimming low over open country flashing the white rump patch that helps identify them in all plumages. Sherri Leigh Smith
Regretting a Rut in the Water I have heard that the only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. This may be overstating things a bit, but we definitely fell ... Donald Middleton
Flooded Trees...Most Things in Moderation What really harms trees is a shortage of oxygen in flooded soils. Severity of flood damage also depends on a tree’s health before the event... Paul Hetzler
