MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Signs of Spring
These signs of spring in Bemidji State Park caught the eye of Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert this past week.
Unheralded
Unheralded
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — A Walk Along The English Coulee
Spring was a late arrival in the Northland his year, but now things are starting to take shape, as these images from Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert will attest.
LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Early April Accomplishments
Planned some North Dakota Road Trips for camping and hiking. Took out some seasonal stuff from storage, chatted with neighbors and friends and daughter and others. Didn’t watch The Masters. Watched and listened to spring birds, filled bird feeders, laughed at squirrels and bunnies and spotted new spring growth here in North Dakota. Lastly, took out my hand saw and …
LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Red Oak House Spring Note
While outside birding and filling feeders, I looked at the ground and spotted green, two native plants in our yard that has survived the winter — Yucca in a dry place and Prairie Smoke from the Badlands near the back patio.
LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Sun Halo And The Vernal Equinox
Spring weather came to North Dakota early this year, the fifth-driest winter here on record. The sky has been filled with migrating Canada Geese, and some crazy fishermen have already had their boats on the nearby Missouri River, even though there is still ice on the banks. My first birding excursion of the year took place earlier this week with …
MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Spring Fever
March 1 signals the start of meteorological spring. One day, it might be record-breaking warmth; the next, a storm or blizzard strikes. Well this year, the former has been case, as unseasonably high temperatures in the Red River Valley of the North have been setting records. These Canada geese, as captured by Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert, may or may not …
DAVE BRUNER: Photo Gallery — Apple Blossoms
Photographer Dave Bruner captured these beautiful spring images this past week in Grand Forks, where the flowering apple trees were in full bloom.
JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — Splendid Spring
Spring is a beautiful time of the year, a time of birth and renewal. Photographer Jeff Olson recently captured these Colorado images that bear that out.
TONY J BENDER: That’s Life — Isolation Quiz
Hey folks, if you’re like me, a natural social-distancer, not much has changed except now I have an excuse. Well, OK, a few things have changed. I’ve had so much time on my hands I actually felt compelled to bake bread last week — beer bread, specifically. I’d still be in the kitchen, but I ran out of Grain Belt. …
RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — Spring Is In The Air
Spring is upon us, and that means mating season for critters in the Northland, which in turn brings Grand Forks photographer out in search of Red River Valley bald eagles that are in the midst of their courting ritual. (Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.)
PAULA MEHMEL: Shoot the Rapids — Spring Into Lent
At 11:50 last night, spring officially began — the earliest possible day for the vernal equinox and the earliest spring in 124 years. However, I suspect most of us just aren’t feeling it — that renewal that comes when all the trees are budding, the birds begin to sing and the flowers start their blooming. Instead of trying to pass …
LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Red Oak House Garden Notes No. 38
That Champion Red Oak tree drops a massive quantity of leaves and I’ve just spent much of the last week picking these up, schlepping each garbage can load to the compost pile. Phase two of spring gardening also included cutting back the few perennials I did not trim last fall and transplanting those I’d noted in need of a different …
DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — Sights Of Spring
Spring has finally sprung in the Midwest, as Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland’s most recent images show. But it hasn’t been like that since its start March 20, when the landscape was snow-filled and trees were bare.
LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Rollin’ Up Our Sleeves
It is the tradition for members of the Badlands Conservation Alliance to do a day of service, usually in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, on the weekend closest to Earth Day. On this past Saturday, we did just that, rollin’ up our sleeves for Theodore Roosevelt National Park, in the heart of the Bad Lands, our sacred landscape. I’ve been involved …
JIM FUGLIE: View From The Prairie — Thoughts Of Spring, Tomatoes And Peppers On A Cold Winter Day
Note: I am reprinting (reposting?) below a story I first ran three years ago this week. It’s about tomatoes. I was thinking about it because today I am preparing my basement “greenhouse” for spring. I’m getting ready to plant peppers, which need to be started indoors really early because they take a long time to ripen on the bush. We …
JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — Spring Sights
Flowers and dogs. That’s what Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson has been seeing a lot of lately. Hurray for spring!
JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — Spring Beauty
Spring is a time of renewal. These blooming flowers, which recently caught the eye of Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson, reminds us of that.
JEFF OLSON: D.C.’s Rawlins Park
Some scenes at Rawlins Park, across from the U.S. Department of the Interior, in Washington, D.C.
JEFF OLSON: Northern Virginia Crocuses
It looks like spring has sprung in northern Virginia. These crocuses showed themselves Friday at Downtown Del Ray, Alexandria, Va.
JEFF OLSON: A Cardinal Rule
It doesn’t matter how much snow is on the ground in northern Virginia because when these guys show up and start singing — and courting the ladies — spring is not too far behind.