Category Archives: Seasons in Virginia
Don’t Blame Pine Pollen for your Allergy
We know it’s April in Virginia when our car changes color under a coating of yellow pine pollen. The finger-writing on the car’s hood on the second day of pollen fall soon disappears under new layers, like the first footprints … Continue reading
Posted in Seasons in Virginia, Trees
Tagged bees, gardening, Pollen grains, pollinators, Seasonal allergy
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Time flows down Powhatan Creek
Time flows down Powhatan Creek As I lowered my kayak into the creek, I knew the water wasn’t the same as before, nor am I the same man. Hardly an original thought. People have pondered the river as a metaphor … Continue reading
Cherry blossom time
Our Weeping Cherry tree started to bloom on March 28, an old lady now yet still graceful. She has a voluminous floral dress spread wide from her ‘hips’ by branches like the hoops and side panniers of a woman in … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Seasons in Virginia
Tagged cherry tree, hanami, National Mall, phenology
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Shelterbelt Trees in Snow and Fog
Have you noticed how trees hollow out melted sleeves from snow around their boles as our arms would if we could hold them long enough in a snow blanket? And have you wondered why winter fog sinking over open fields … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, nature, Seasons in Virginia
Tagged Occam's razor, shelterbelt, Tidewater
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Fall Colors in Appalachia
Most people in this region look forward to the fall more than any other season, despite this being the prologue to winter. Starting in September at the atlas or far end of Appalachia, color changes ripple down the spine to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, nature, Seasons in Virginia
Tagged anthocyanin, Appalachia, fall leaves, sugar maple
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 