All Outdoors
It’s Derby time and all across the Island, anglers will be spinning fish tales. Some will have only stories, while others with more skill (or perhaps greater luck) will be down at the weigh station. All eyes at Derby time are on the scales, the ones used for official weighing, of course, but also the ones that adorn the fish themselves.
There is nothing I appreciate more than hearing from folks with inquiries, observations and article ideas. Susan Gomez and I ran into each other in the grocery store, where she told me that she had an idea for an article, but couldn’t remember what it was. She followed up with an email, not only remembering her topic idea, but also with a flurry of great questions about hornworms. Susan got more than she bargained for.
Portly, slow and trashy are only complimentary to a spider crab. Spider crabs, also called portly crabs, need little introduction.
It's late summer and I am finally getting into the spirit. My inspiration is a bumper crop of wild cherries.
Dr. H.C.F. Meyer was a true believer. His passion was purple -- purple coneflower -- and it would be correct to say that he was the first commercial coneflower prophet.
“Patience is the greatest of all virtues.”
Though Cato the Elder figured this out around 200 BC, it is likely that crab spiders could have told him even earlier. They know that good things come to those who wait.