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Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary

The car ahead of me is braking. A deer? No, a coyote. No, it’s a wolf!! A timber wolf is trotting across the highway! If that’s not a good omen, I don’t know what is! It was the long legs that made me think deer, … Continue readingVince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary

Posted on August 9, 2020September 2, 2020by Sheila Newenham4 Comments

Backyard Drama: Coyote versus Geese

Wonderment I often get distracted walking past my patio doors by the sights outside; songbirds eating, bluejays demanding their peanuts, ducks waddling in the lawn, a swimming muskrat, a foraging beaver, hunting herons, coyotes passing through, deer, geese, anything and everything. My camera sits on … Continue readingBackyard Drama: Coyote versus Geese

Posted on June 28, 2020July 1, 2020by Sheila Newenham7 Comments

A Local Wonderland

I often write about hidden gems – those wonderful things that have been right under our noses all along.  That’s because when we make the time to stop and look, there is wonder all around us. A friend recently suggested a village park that has … Continue readingA Local Wonderland

Posted on May 10, 2020August 3, 2020by Sheila Newenham4 Comments

Woodland Ephemerals: Hope Springs Eternal

e·phem·er·al (əˈfem(ə)rəl): lasting for a very short time. They brighten the dull brown forest floors even before winter has really left. Spring ephemerals put all of their energy into carpeting the woodland in color and then fade away under the shade of the full canopy. … Continue readingWoodland Ephemerals: Hope Springs Eternal

Posted on April 17, 2020May 5, 2020by Sheila Newenham2 Comments

Treasures Found in the Woods

If you find yourself on a human trail in the woods, look off to the side to find a wildlife trail.  This is where the riches are.  Treasures in the woods can be found off the beaten path just about anywhere. Here are the things … Continue readingTreasures Found in the Woods

Posted on January 29, 2020April 5, 2020by Sheila Newenham2 Comments

The Power of Nature: the 2019 Missouri River Flood

It’s November 21, 2019, day 252 of the Flood of 2019.  The flooding began on March 15th with a late winter “bomb cyclone” snow and rainstorm. Four days later, on March 17, the Missouri River at Nebraska City, Nebraska reached a record high of 30.1 … Continue readingThe Power of Nature: the 2019 Missouri River Flood

Posted on January 12, 2020by Sheila Newenham2 Comments

Waubonsie Artist-in-Residence

Waubonsie State Park is not what I expected.  I didn’t expect to fall in love with a 2000 acre park in the southwest corner of Iowa. But that’s what happened during my first ever Artist-in-Residency. From the moment I entered the park and saw its … Continue readingWaubonsie Artist-in-Residence

Posted on December 18, 2019January 22, 2020by Sheila Newenham3 Comments

Polite Suburban Coyote

A single, high-pitched yelp pierced the silence. I spun around. A wild coyote stood next to my 80 pound Labrador, Tybee. They were inches apart. Both were frozen, each seemingly unsure of what the next move should be. The coyote’s posture was non-threatening; head down, … Continue readingPolite Suburban Coyote

Posted on August 6, 2019September 4, 2019by Sheila Newenham2 Comments

Coneflower Explosion

This is literally a hidden gem. Bluff Spring Fen in South Elgin is tucked between a cemetery, the Metra train tracks, a gravel pit/industrial park and a well-traveled road. Even as I tell you about it, driving up on it, it seems unreal – dump … Continue readingConeflower Explosion

Posted on June 19, 2019July 1, 2019by Sheila Newenham2 Comments

An Oasis of Nature

I turn off Hwy 31 in Dundee onto Country School Road and immediately all the stress and chaos of suburbia falls away.  I am heading to the Spring Bird Cottage, a retreat on fourteen acres of oak, hickory and maple woodlands with a network of … Continue readingAn Oasis of Nature

Posted on May 17, 2019May 17, 2019by Sheila Newenham1 Comment

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