Part 2 of my posts reflecting on the first summer of my retirement exploring the amazing world of insects.
My Season of Self-Indulgence, Part 2
November 18th, 2023 Comments Off on My Season of Self-Indulgence, Part 2
Tags: Bee Fly Villa Lateralis · Green Stink Bug · Inchneumon Wasps · Leaf-footed Bug · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Tiger Bee Fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug
My Season of Self-Indulgence: Part I
November 4th, 2023 Comments Off on My Season of Self-Indulgence: Part I
The highlights from my nature walks in the first spring, summer and fall of my retirement.
Tags: American Lady · Brush-tipped Emerald · Feather-legged Fly · Giant Swallowtail · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mocha Emerald · Mother Nature · Oblique-banded Flower Fly · Traverse-banded Flower Fly
The Last Indulgent Exhale of Summer
October 7th, 2023 Comments Off on The Last Indulgent Exhale of Summer
Giving thanks for summer’s encore performance and a few hours on the Rotary Riverside Trail.
Tags: Grand River · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Rotary Riverside Trail
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: God’s Garden
September 16th, 2023 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: God’s Garden
Indulging the wonders of nature as I ease into retirement. Admiring a few of the 180,000 species of flies.
Tags: Bristle Flies · Flower Flies · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Robber Flies · T.S. Eliot · Thhe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Bulldozers and Mother Nature: A Bad Combination
July 22nd, 2023 Comments Off on Bulldozers and Mother Nature: A Bad Combination
The damage that can be done when those in positions of authority confuse “protect” and “improve” when it comes to Mother Nature.
Tags: ecosystem · Hilton Falls Conservation Area · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature
Need to Relax? Make a Reservation
May 14th, 2022 Comments Off on Need to Relax? Make a Reservation
My reservations about the new online reservation system at Mountsberg Conservation Area.
Tags: make a reservation · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Mountsberg Conservation Area
Little Buckeye on a Mission in this Pandemic Summer
September 12th, 2020 Comments Off on Little Buckeye on a Mission in this Pandemic Summer
A small gift from Mother Nature to list the fear from our hearts in this lost summer of 2020.
Tags: butterfly · Common Buckeye · COVID-19 · Humber Arboretum · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature
Random Act of Metaphor: The First Killdeer
February 24th, 2019 Comments Off on Random Act of Metaphor: The First Killdeer
Looking forward to spring and my reliable harbinger of its arrival.
Tags: first day of spring · Killdeer · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature
In Praise of Mother Nature’s Plain Jane Children
October 6th, 2018 Comments Off on In Praise of Mother Nature’s Plain Jane Children
Singing the praises of Mother Nature’s more subtle works of art.
Tags: butterfly · Clouded Sulphur · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Northern Pearly-Eye · plain jane · Silver-spotted Skipper
Random Act of Metaphor: A Stilt-Legged Master of Disguise
September 1st, 2018 Comments Off on Random Act of Metaphor: A Stilt-Legged Master of Disguise
Stopping to appreciate those moments when the brush stores of Mother Nature are the most subtle.
Tags: Katydid · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature