Month: March 2026

Wetlands are Important

| Flower Roberts

Wetlands are important habitats that tend to disappear as humans move into an area. Natural wetlands actually help the surrounding area by slowing runoff and filtering water. I am glad Boone created this beautiful site for walkers to observe.

Wetlands play vital roles

Wetlands includes many plants that serve as food and shelter for wildlife in the area.

Boone has created a wetlands habitat along its walking trails so that the plants and animal inhabitants can be viewed up close.

I was thrilled to hear and see a pair of redwing blackbirds when I visited the area last week.

Redwing blackbirds

This is a great way to encourage wildlife to live in the area and control water runoff and possible flooding. These signs help visitors identify the inhabitants in the area.

I look forward to watching this area change throughout the spring summer and fall. Stay tuned.

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ALL on ONE Wall

| Flower Roberts

I needed to go to a place that grounds me. These are shaky times and I needed some mental mooring. I went to where I always go when I need peace.

Tuesday morning, I was shaken by the unthinkable. War.

Evergreen Island


I went to Evergreen Island to clear my head. By some strange miracle, I was the only person there. This has never happened before. I guess folks were at the polls or watching the war unfold.

Stone wall full of life

I do not take my safe life for granted. I am disturbed by the unrest everywhere. Humans baffle me. Nature makes more sense. I brought my camera with me especially to photograph this stone wall.

Fern, lichen, algae and moss coexisting

I have studied this wall for years. It brings me peace to see a mix of species living together in harmony.

Foliose and fruticose lichens among moss

There is moss, ferns and lichen living on these old stones. There are forms of algae, fungi and bacteria that cannot be seen. I also see signs of animals living inside the wall.

A hole in the wall home

These living things coexist and share nutrients, space and moisture.

The stone wall plant and fungi condo

This symbiosis between species has taken thousands of years of adjustments to attain balance.

A heart in the wall

I wonder how long it will take humans to learn to live together?

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