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We are nuts for woodpeckers

You pay for your pleasure. Some people love to eat well, so they splurge on fine restaurants. Some ...

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Fleeing from the flies

June 1 is about the time when we abandon the Dismal Swamp for the summer.

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Thank these guys when you get a shot

Last week we dealt with a good friend of beach-goers, the mole crab. This week it’s to be ...

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Sand fleas: Fun, fish and food

Anyone who spends time at our ocean beaches is familiar with a certain decapod crustacean known as the ...

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A resurrection in the treetops

There’s a resurrection going on at Historic St. Luke’s Church in Smithfield. What was once dead is now ...

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The art of doing nothing

Many of our friends and neighbors are working hard on their lawns and gardens and experiencing all the ...

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There’s great poetry in nature

After two columns looking at art controlling nature, let’s examine an art whose main purpose is to reveal ...

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When art completely controls nature

Last week, we discussed the intersection of art and nature as revealed in Elizabethan formal gardens.

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Gardens: Free and wild or under control?

Let’s wax philosophical.

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Saving the rusty-patched bumblebee

Last week the rusty-patched bumblebee became the first bee ever protected by federal law. It was a decision ...

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