Published November 6, 2014 Georgianna Orsini’s Garden Several times in the past few months I have visited the garden of Georgianna Orsini, in Asheville, North Carolina. Although she lives in […]
Published July 4, 2015 Foggy fireworks While waiting for the fireworks to start I was struck by a thick layer of fog coming off the mountains. Just after […]
Published September 1, 2015 Stick insects Stick insects, known locally in North Carolina as walking sticks, belong to the order Phasmidae, derived from the Greek phasma, meaning phantom. […]
Published October 21, 2015 Red Panda Less than a 20-minute drive from my home is an amazing world class Miocene fossil site discovered in 2000 during road construction. […]