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BOOKS: A Druid’s Herbal of Sacred Tyree Medicine by Ellen Evert Hopman. Destiny Books. 2008. Arboretum America; A Philosphy of the Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger. The University of Michigan Press, by Ann Arbor Michigan, 2003 Arboretum Borealis; A Lifeline of the Planet, by Diana Beresford Kreoger, 2010 Finding the Mother Tree; Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2021 Forests; A Naturalist’s Guide to Trees and Forest Ecology by Laurence C. Walker.  John Wiley and...

Wild Ginger

Woodland Spring wildflowers emerge in the warmth and light of the sun, whose rays reach through the branches of the naked trees to spread its golden glow across the forest floor.  In the hardwood forest of maples, ash, birches and beech trees, autumn’s tawny leaves carpet the ground as treasured spring ephemerals rise to greet the season. We walk with care and attention, delighting in each flower seen~ Spring beauties, Blue cohosh, Trout lilies and Trilliums; Wild leeks by a...

Welcome to Spring!

Dear Friends, Welcome to Spring!  Here in the Adirondacks the creeks rush with snowmelt released from the more northern waterways; Canada and Snow geese call from the sky as they wing their way to summer ponds and lakes, courting along the way.  Robins sing in the cherry tree, inviting us into each new morning and in the evening,  we listen for the woodcock’s “peent” as he too calls for a mate to share the season with. Flower emerge from dark,...

Skunk Cabbage ~ Symplocarpus foetidus

It may be mid-April, but this year, true Spring is yet to open here in the foothills of the Adirondacks.  Snow still lies deep in the frozen woodlands; cold winds and icy paths are a daily reminder that winter is holding on. So we dream. We dream of the first wild plants that emerge here in the Northeast, once a hint of spring rides in on the air.  And one of the earliest and wildest herbs I know, in her...

Winter in the Northeast Forest

  • January 22, 2018
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In beginning these writings, I am inspired by the idea I found on another marvelous writer’s site: whisperingearth.co.uk ~ that of speaking of and for a particular Tree throughout the Year. Lucinda, who lives in Sussex England, chose to follow the seasons with Hawthorne. For this writer, Eastern White Pine has stepped forward as the tree I joyfully accept as the species I will share with you over the year 2018. What a wonderful way to begin this blog post...