March 2, 2015 When I think of North Carolina, I don’t usually think of snowstorms, but that’s just what we got last week when a massive system blew through and left up to eight inches of snow in its wake. I am a native Maine-er, and I was thrilled to see my North Carolina home…

February 9, 2015 We had a beautiful weekend here in North Carolina, full of sunshine and warm temperatures (in contrast to our poor friends in the Northeast who are being bullied by another snowstorm). To take advantage of the spring-like atmosphere, I took some visiting family to Duke Gardens to stroll around. On a past…

January 5, 2014 Happy New Year! I ended 2014 and began 2015 in Maine, where temperatures shifted from the warm mid-forties to the bitterly cold single digits. Regardless of the weather however, Maine is always beautiful, and I was lucky enough to spend some time on the rocky coastline. Biddeford Pool is a well-known birding…