Postcards to Nature
my year of creating a daily homage to Nature and Nature Travel.
A Time of Gloaming – 1/11/2021 to 1/17/2021
1•11•2021Bald Eagle Soaring Dear Nature,Yesterday we watched as a bald eagle soared into sight, catching an updraft and lazily swirling upward in a slow, mesmerizing spiral. It struck a course for a man-made perch, a high-power utility tower. As it descended, legs and...
Winter Settles in – 1/4/21 to 1/10/21
1•4•2021Cinnamon in the Winter Dear Nature, Cinnamon is a warm spice, conjuring up comforting scents of apple pies baking in the oven-heated kitchen and spice-scented candles burning on the mantel. The common eider is a winter sea duck, the most ‘common’ duck we just...
The New Year Approaches: 12/28/20 – 1/3/21
12.28.2020Fox Dear Nature,If I had to pick a favorite animal, Fox would be in the top five! I don’t see them very often, even thought they live around us on the farm. I guess that’s the way of the Fox; observing, unseen, from the edges. December seems to be a month...
Winter Solstice: 12/22/2020 – 12/27/2020
12.21.2020 TuckerWoods Farm - Winter Solstice Dear Nature,Today is the Winter Solstice, when we celebrate the return of the sun, little by little. Tonight we also witness a rare celestial event- a great conjunction of our solar system’s two largest planets, Jupiter...
Writing Postcards to Nature Daily for a Year
Dear Nature, In 2020 my art world and my travel world came to a screeching halt due to the pandemic. All of my workshops, exhibitions and art fairs got canceled. I had two major road trips planned to continue my National Park quest - 14 parks in total. I had to cancel...