yes, silk trees. From spruce to pine and fir to flocked, there’s a gorgeous faux tree for everyone in this Van Nuys warehouse, where shopping is an immersive Christmas experience in itself. Aldik’s AH Gold Label trees, which it touts as the “pinnacle of artificial Christmas trees,...
Tucked back in the pine trees off a snowmobile trail, Pine Junction is the definition of a hidden gem. With ample trailer and sled parking, this homey, lodge-like bar is just as hopping in the winter as it is during the summer as hungry outdoor adventurers stop by to fill up on tasty...
In the last hour, I walked down the road in the hands of sloping hillsides, horse ranches, and signature homes behind walls as high as the palm trees, built to withstand the typhoons of nature and mankind. In thedaylight a swirl of rain and clouds, it was as if I was in Ireland, ...
northbounders had been asking about water quality: the stream by Tom Leonard from which I fill up (not actually 0.2 miles from the shelter even tho the Companion promised that, thankfully) before heading out this morning contains a heavy dose of tannic acid from the surrounding pine trees. ...
we’ll settle in for our usual morning chat over a hot cup of cocoa. Just the two of us, taking in the quiet of the north, talking about whatever comes to mind—yesterday’s projects, today’s plans, or maybe just how the snow looks settling on the trees. Nothing fancy, just the ...
Today, much of the serpentine deposits in Maryland and Pennsylvania serve as a wildlife sanctuary. The serpentine rocks and their serpentine soils were not fit for cultivation, providing a natural host for sparse grasses, scrub brushy oaks and acid loving pine trees. In addition, rare wildflowers...
So now all we have to do is pay a few dollars to buy entire flats full of these annuals, and place them in the ground. Instant beauty–inexpensive, and easy to maintain. But how different is it to take the time to work outside in the freezing rain and blowing wind, digging holes ...
The region is also home to one of Greece’s most renowned national parks, Mount Parnassus. The slopes of the mountain are covered in beautiful Kefalonian pine trees, and the park is a great way to get out into nature and boasts a number of hiking trails. There’s also the famous Cory...
It’s described as “a sanctuary for abundant wildlife, as the ranch property is home to moose, fox, deer, coyote, mountain lion, bear, and hundreds of elk who graze the grassy fields and wildflower meadows in the summer and lounge beneath golden aspen trees and mature pine forests in the...
Looks like the squirrel managed to get a chunk of it. White-breasted nuthatch When we pruned the trees I brought in some serviceberry branches to see if they would open inside. I have no idea if that will work. Sunrise on our street. The days are getting longer!