I guess it is time for me to admit that spring is here. Or at least almost here. I hate to say goodbye to winter, but the time has come.

So now we turn our thoughts from playing in the snow to playing in water.

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Sometimes wildlife can be hard to find. You’re out wandering around in the woods, yelling “here wildlife, here wildlife” and nothing comes. What’s a nature lover to do? Look for signs of wildlife.

Keep your eyes peeled to the ground (while simultaneously being aware of your surroundings) and search for animal tracks. I’ve written about tracks here if you need a refresher.

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Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better. – Albert Einstein

I went to college in northern California at a little school called Humboldt State University. It was nestled in the redwoods between the Pacific Ocean and the coast range. It was wet and foggy (except in the summer and early fall when it had the best weather in the world). Mold grew on everything — trees, plants, rocks, shower curtains, slow-moving people. It was a great place to find rotting logs.

Let’s look deep today.

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We've been cross-country skiing every weekend since mid-December and it has been wonderful. There have been bright sunny days and stormy, snowy days. Tours where I broke a sweat in a t-shirt and tours where I stayed bundled up even on the steepest hills. When you head into the woods, it is hard to know what to expect--the environment is so dynamic.

Regardless of the temperature or the visibility, we like to talk about how other critters handle winter. How do they stay warm? What do they eat? Where are they?

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Do you know about WildObs? You probably do, I’m often late to the game. It stands for Wildlife Observations.

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I was clued into this post by Michael from the Dispersal of Darwin. He and I live (almost) in the same town, have mutual friends, but have never met. The internet is funny that way.

But, back to that post about nature waiting. Instead of watching nature, the author encourages us to wait for nature.

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This was supposed to be a post showing off the lovely fall colors we get around here. There would be pictures of aspens in golds and oranges, bright red willows and mustardy cottonwoods. But then a big storm came in about a week ago and changed all that.

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