Like some many others across the Western Hemisphere early this morning, I was able to witness the Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse. I always get excited about any impending celestial events like this, but then have a tendency to either forget about it before it happens or just fall asleep. As totality was going to happen... Continue Reading →
“We never tire of the drama of sunset. I go forth each afternoon and look into the west a quarter of an hour before sunset, with fresh curiosity, to see what new picture will be painted there, what new panorama exhibited, what new dissolving views. Can Washington Street or Broadway show anything as good? Every... Continue Reading →
Here in middle Tennessee, the local news stations appear to be enjoying giving frequent reminders that our state is about to play host to the cicadas of Brood XIX. This is the brood that comes around every 13 years. I vividly remember sitting in my office at work thirteen years ago as a 27 year... Continue Reading →
This blog post is dedicated to Daniel who loves Tennessee football and has not stopped talking about the Tennessee/Alabama game of 2022 for an entire year –and I’m starting to suspect he may never stop talking about it. In anticipation of tomorrow’s Tennessee game against Alabama, I am taking a look back at last year’s... Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year again! The irises are blooming here in Tennessee! Having a 7-week-old baby, I haven’t gotten out much in the last couple of months, so that may have made the sight of my first iris bloom all that more exciting this year. I jumped up and down a little bit and... Continue Reading →
Back in June, my husband and I had a rather spontaneous one-night retreat at Montgomery Bell State Park. I sat down and began to write this blog post the following week, but somehow got distracted while doing some of the research and didn’t get it up right away. And then, a couple of weeks after... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, my husband told me about a bald eagle nest not too far from our house. He said that he and a few of his co-workers had spotted one of the eagles hanging around the tree line near the highway and talked about how big it was. It prompted us to google... Continue Reading →
Back in 1994, TLC told us to not go chasing waterfalls and to “stick to the rivers and the lakes” that we’re used to. And this past weekend, my husband and I tried to do like they said and just stick to a lake that we are “used to” and have fished numerous times, but... Continue Reading →
This past weekend I went on a ranger led hike at one of my local Tennessee State Parks. And as I usually do when in the presence of someone who has studied extensively more about the natural world than I have, I learned several new things that I haven’t managed to pick up yet in... Continue Reading →
Iris in my front flower bed! It’s Iris time in Tennessee again! I get pretty ridiculously excited every year as it gets closer to time for my irises to start blooming. Late March to early April usually finds me on my knees in the flower bed studying to see if any bloom stalks are starting... Continue Reading →
Rachel F. Jean 