Baird’s Sandpiper

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Robert Howson Tuesday, February 1, 2025 The temptation when coming across a sandpiper is to dismiss it as being anything out of the ordinary and simply mentally dump it into a generic barrel of sandpipers and let it go at that. But there...

Never Thirst Again

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Cheryl Boardman Monday, February 17, 2025 This photo is of Rustic Falls which is a fairly small 47′ waterfall in Yellowstone National Park. There were a couple of small unmarked pullouts from which you could see the falls and it...

He First

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, February 16, 2025 Of all the snow prints I saw this past week, this was my favorite. It’s shaped like the official flower of my beloved home state of Alaska – a little blue flower with a yellow center, the...

Key Words

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, February 15, 2025 The other day, in a hallway in our Seventh-day Adventist high school, I paused by the poster you see above. I don’t know whether this is the office of the Spanish teacher, but the poster’s message...

Blind Date With a Book!

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Maylan Schurch Friday, February 14, 2025 Our local library is well-used by all ages. Here in the teen section (labeled age 13 and older), a day or two ago, I discovered this Valentine-themed display called “Blind Date With a Book.”...

Coexisting

Photo ©20255 by Amber Jurgensen Commentary ©2025 by Russell Jurgensen Thursday, February 13, 2025 Hummingbirds are often territorial and like to chase each other away from this feeder. But this day must have been cold and snowy enough that they decided to get along...