05.31.2011 News Focus on Nature: Enjoying a perfect, sunny day With all the discouraging weather we’ve been having I put off writing Focus in hopes of finding that “perfect day.” Then like all good things that take time, the...
05.01.2011 News Focus on Nature: We return home, and so do the birds Yes, there’s no place like home. What a difference in climate: Florida with its semi-tropical weather and its 80-degree water temperature, and then up here, the North Fork with...
04.07.2011 News Focus on Nature: A great day for birders Since our taxes had been sent in and it was another beautiful day down here in Florida, we decided to go on one of our mini-adventures away from the...
11.10.2010 News Focus on Nature: Fall brings changes to the North Fork We had been enjoying the kaleidoscope of fall’s colors when the cool 38-degree temperature this morning nudged us on to start packing. It didn’t take us long to put...
10.11.2010 Opinion Migrating monarchs are on the move Barbara and I are sitting out in the orchard in the sunshine and one of those noisy helicopters just went over. As the noise passed and things got back...