Posts by Lois
Exploring Notable and Legacy Trees
Many of us have a deep fascination and connection with trees that seems imprinted within our genetic code. The first hominids to venture on two legs climbed down from trees…
Read MoreGet Close with the Birds of Prey of Horizon Wings
Join us Saturday, August 27 from 10 – 11:30 am for an Acorn Adventure: Birds of Prey with Horizon Wings at 9 Sand Hill Road, Ashford, CT. Tour the Horizon…
Read MoreButterfly Season is Here: The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
I think it was my twelfth birthday when I received a butterfly and moth capturing kit. It came with a fine-meshed insect net and other items for euthanizing and mounting…
Read MoreA tale of two cottontail rabbits
“You may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden. Your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by…
Read MoreExploring August in The Last Green Valley
“Two butterflies spin round and round above the buddleia bush. I watch them disappear over the wild cherry trees, still whirling on an invisible axis like some heavenly body moving…
Read MoreThe Mysterious Ghost Pipe Plant
During the summer a mysterious, rare and unusual plant can be found in the deep shadows of the forest. Between June and September, pearly white ghost pipe plants appear. Hiding…
Read MoreYou Can Still Register Your Adventures, Events for the Online Walktober Guide
The printed Walktober guide will be packed with 200 unique events and will arrive in late August. We can’t wait to share it with all of you! BUT, if you…
Read MoreVolunteers Needed for Lisbon Shetucket River Cleanup 8/28
Shetucket River Cleanup Sunday, Aug. 28, 9 am Lisbon, Shetucket River Boat Launch Join The Last Green Valley, Operation Clean Fishing, and the Town of Lisbon as we clean up…
Read MoreRT. 207 Designated a State Scenic Road for 16 miles
CT Rt. 207 from Sprague, through Franklin, Lebanon and ending in Hebron has been designated a state scenic road. It joins National Scenic Byway Rt. 169 and Rts. 14, 14A, 49, 97, 164,…
Read MoreBatman Rides Again & Program on July 23rd
Regular readers will recall that I have an interest in bats and that interest drove me to volunteer with the Wildlife Division of the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental…
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