It’s time for me to talk about something near and dear to my heart. It’s a passion I’ve embraced since I was four years old and that’s bicycling. May was National Bicycle Awareness Month (is as I’m writing this). As Summer approaches and school lets out, there will be more bicycles on the road than at any other time of the year.
With vacation season upon us, over the next two weeks we’ll explore a handful of Oregon’s many quirky/unique hotels.
Ceanothus – Ceanothus prostratus – Prostrate Ceanothus, Mahala Mat; C. pumilus – Siskiyou Mat; C. thyrsiflorus – Blueblossom Ceanothus; C. sanguineus – Oregon Tea Tree; C. velutinus – Snowbush, Tobacco Bush; C. cuneatus – Buckbrush; C. integerrimus – Deerbrush
As alarmingly scarce as the snow in our hills is this spring you will still find plenty of it if you try to drive up into the mountains – and all in the wrong places.
This week’s crawly put the “B” in “Beneficial”; they are also excellent dancers. Meet the black scavenger fly (Family Sepsidae) AKA the ensign fly.
This week finds us on part ?? of The Continuing Saga of Cri Takes Back Her Yard from the Himalayan Blackberry.
If you want to catch up, you can read the first two Rogues on the subject here and here.
I can’t believe it's already time to tear another page off the calendar, but the fatigue I’m feeling is an ongoing reminder of just how busy life has become. When I look at the 31 days in May, I can only find four days of blank squares.
Tying in with the upcoming Free Fishing Weekend (see story in this edition) for this week’s All Things we’re working with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to bring you “50 places to go fishing within 60 minutes of Medford.”
Every stroll or hike along the Rogue River in mid to late spring finds one enjoying the dainty little flowers of one of the Maianthemum species. I remember that my sister Jackie loved the tiny star shaped flowers of the Star Solomon’s Seal.