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“Another miracle of the living world: A snowdrop blooms in a crack at the bottom of the front steps.”
Pluralism in the garden
Over dinner, a friend lamented that she usually has seeds in the ground by this time in March. She was worried about being late this year. I haven’t planted a single seed yet either, but I … more
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Pull this pretty little shotweed now! If you let it flower and go to seed, you will have millions of them.
A cure for a Muddy March Bad Mood
Early March is maddening. After living through winter, when the calendar page turns to March we feel we deserve an end to cold, snow, hail and dismal skies. We want warmth – warm air, warm … more
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Hairy Woodpecker
Spring Migration and Bird Identification
Yesterday my cats woke me up just as the day was dawning, and I clearly heard Song Sparrows and Pacific Wrens singing. They know that Spring and the breeding season will soon begin. And the first of … more
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At a Sea Level Rise Response Collaborative-Executive Committee meeting held Friday, March 3, 2023, Olympia assistant manager Rich Hoey and former Olympia Water Resource Director Eric Christensen discussed the record King Tide that occurred last December 27.
University of Washington climate researchers to evaluate the 2022 King Tide event
The University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group is doing an analysis of the record-breaking King Tide that flooded downtown last December. At a Sea Level Rise Response Collaborative-Executive … more
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At the Olympia City Council work session held Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Olympia's Parks, Arts and Recreations Department Director Paul Simmons gave an overview of the new proposed aquatic center project.
Olympia's Parks department wants expanded study on the aquatic facility; council shy to give directions
Olympia councilmembers are hesitant to take action on the proposal for the aquatic facility, which the Parks department recommended to expand the project’s feasibility study into developing a … more
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Kathleen Anderson
Snowy conundrum and those left out in it
My yard was covered with snow last week. As I sat at my desk looking out my window, I felt a chill come over me. Not because I was cold. I was in a warm house complete with roof, walls and … more
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A Ferruginous Hawk blinks its third eyelid, or Nictitating membrane, which is used to protect and moisten the eye whilst maintaining visibility. They are found in Eastern Washington.
A Birds Eye View, exploring bird vision, part 2
Last weekend we were walking the boardwalk at the Billy Frank Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, and flying out from trees along a pond were several Yellow-rumped Warblers, each in their winter … more
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House and garden of Claude Monet in Giverny on a sunny day
Spring training in the garden
Mariners spring training is underway in Peoria, where the temperature is forecast to be a sunny 73 degrees on Saturday. Local gardeners’ spring training is off to a slower start; … more
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Belted Kingfisher - female looking for prey
A Birds Eye View, exploring bird vision
For birds, like for humans, vision is the most important of the senses. They rely on it for all their vital life tasks, from finding food to avoiding being food for others. Most bird photographs are … more
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Olympia Arts Program specialist Angel Nava presented 16 art pieces for the Percival Plinth Project during the Arts Commission meeting held Thursday, February 9, 2023. 
16 art sculptures approved for the Percival Plinth Project by the Olympia Arts Commission
The Olympia Arts Commission, on Thursday, February 9, approved the recommendation of 16 sculpture entries for the 2023 Percival Plinth Project. Arts Program Specialist Angel Nava showed a sneak … more
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This image of downtown Olympia shows the Fifth Avenue Bridge, bottom center, and the railroad track berm across the water, slightly left of center. Some or all of this berm would be removed under various plans under discussion by Olympia officials in coordination with the Squaxin Island Tribe.
Squaxin Island Tribe tells Olympia they are open to reconsidering overwater trail in West Bay Park
Squaxin Island Tribal Council Chairman Kris Peters said they are open to reconsidering the removal of the railroad berm in the water next to West Bay Park. Olympia city council members and several … more
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George Walter
Liam’s Big Year
One of the great aspirations of dedicated birdwatchers is to have a “Big Year” – a year in which they go all-out to see as many bird species as possible within a given geographic … more
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Your tax dollars at work: Washington State Department of Health routinely tests waters for bacterial contamination. See story for list of locations from which shellfish are currently unsafe.
Budd Inlet closed to fishing
Diarrhetic Shellfish Poison (DSP) Closure for Shellfish HarvestingAll Species Closure in Budd Inlet A marine biotoxin that causes diarrhetic shellfish poison (DSP) has been detected at unsafe … more
A lesser goldfinch sitting on a rose bush in the foothills at sunset.
Olympia Christmas Bird Count Report
In January participants on the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) anticipate receiving the results of local counts. It gives us a snapshot of what birds are available for watching in the area … more
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The Great Blue Heron
Herons, Bitterns and Egrets – Part One
The Great Blue Heron is a majestic bird we are all familiar with, symbolizing nature and wild wetland areas for us. These birds and their other heron-like cousins, Bitterns and Egrets, have … more
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Tumwater’s Historic Preservation Commission member Dave Nicandri talked to the city council about the Cowlitz Trail.
Proposal for Cowlitz Trail to be added to Oregon Trail gets thumbs up from Tumwater
Tumwater City Council passed an ordinance supporting the addition of the Tumwater segment of the Cowlitz Trail to the Oregon National Historic Trail during a meeting held on Tuesday, January … more
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Many of the students planted in 2-person teams.
Middle-school students amass to restore west Olympia forest on MLK Day
In an annual tribute for Martin Luther King Day, students at Thurgood Marshall Middle School from the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades volunteered throughout Olympia on Friday,  January 13 to plant … more
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Mary Beth Harrington, CVA
How to make next Monday a day on, not a day off
So how are those new year’s resolutions going? (My primary resolution was to NOT make any resolutions, so I guess the year has been successful thus far!) Very often, people make resolutions … more
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James O’Keeffe, of Olympia, is shown filling his water jug at the well at Artesian Commons Park.
Artesian Commons Park might reopen as an open air market
Olympia's Parking & Business Improvement Area (PBIA) is contemplating partnering with the city's economic development department to reopen and use the Artesian Commons Park, which was shut down … more
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These fall-blooming crocuses greet the new year by coming up a week after the winter solstice.
A new year in the garden
On Sunday, we will have daylight from 7:51 a.m. until 4:52 p.m. Those of us obsessed with light-seeking will notice that daylight is now increasing at the rate of one and a half minutes a day since … more
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