With the recent resignation of former Eagle Point Police Chief Jim Hamilton citizens have been speaking up in meetings and meeting outside of meetings – most in support of Hamilton.
The situation in Eagle Point hearkens back to legal and union issues surrounding former City Administrator Michele Parry and members of city staff which were faced by the City of Shady Cove in 2025.
Spiders beware! And we mean all spiders because this week’s crawly has her eyes on you and would very much like to take you home for supper.
As I may have mentioned before; frequently on social media when someone compliments one of my photos, they follow that up with “What kind of camera and lens did you use?”
Oregon is home to a wide variety of trees both native and introduced. Over the next two weeks we’ll look at our native cedar and maples trees! Maples are about to give us a *POP!* of fall color, while our cedars will give us something green to look at even during the coldest days of winter (if you’ve ever lived anyplace with mostly deciduous trees, you know green in winter is a treat!)
If you’ve ever seen a photo of this week’s crawly it may have tempted you to ever so slightly believe the “birds aren’t real” conspiracy theory.
Feeding the birds in my yard has always been entertaining, but lately it’s proving to be educational as well.
In an attempt to keep the 40+ Band-tailed Pigeons who visit my yard from eating all the other seed from all the other feeders, I’ve taken a two-prong approach.
Now that we’ve had some rain, and we’ve dropped to the Moderate Fire Danger level, and the Watch Duty Ap shows mostly “mostly contained” fires vs. “The entire state is on fire!” let’s look back on some historical Oregon wildfires, early detection and the challenges firefighters faced back then.
In honor of Labor Day this week we’ll meet some social wasps – the ultimate example of working hard and working together!
There are at least 208 species of social wasps in North America. Nearly all those species have the same life cycle, type of nest, assignment of work duties, etc. However, we’ll focus on paper wasps to keep things relatively simple.
Welcome back to “Cri learns about the Universal Cat Distribution System Pt. II” If you need to catch up on Pt. I – click over now. We’ll be here when you get back.
Caught up? Great!
n this week’s All Things we’re going to revisit our exploration of the history of Labor Day!
Wait, why? It’s a national holiday, what does that have to do with Oregon?
We’re so glad you asked!