Dale BowmanMar 11, 20162 minOo-eek & UNIKII: Ramble with the LadySquabbling robins barrel rolled through the barely budding brush by the side rail, formerly a trail above the south old clay pit Sounded...
Dale BowmanMar 6, 20163 minDoor Morning: Ramble with the LadyNo, I don't mean Door County. Though if my wife or I could find full-time, year-round work, I think we would be there. Or at least think...
Dale BowmanFeb 21, 20162 minTrilling red-wings & hilarity of geese: Ramble with the LadySo a pair of geese floated on the nearly completely open north old clay pit this morning. I am pretty sure they are the pair that nests...
Dale BowmanFeb 11, 20163 minWWW Chicago outdoors: Shows, sheds, ice & warm-water optionsThe last couple weeks we have been doing trial runs of streaming the Stray Casts television broadcast. While we did the news and fishing...
Dale BowmanMay 5, 20152 minA morel-sniffing dog? Ramble with the LadyYesterday, as our daughter and I cut the first morels of the year, she asked why we could not teach Lady to look for them. ``Give them to...
By Dale BowmanMar 24, 20152 minTracks & a bridge to spring: Ramble with the LadyA morning where I had to dig the felt-lined leather boots out of the stuff piled in the mud room (back steps). The bridge to spring is...
Dale BowmanMar 18, 20152 minFirst duck & checking off: Ramble with the LadyThe first duck since the ice came whistled off near dawn. I think it was a wood duck by the sound of it--I could not see it in the half...
Dale BowmanMar 10, 20152 minRamble with the Lady: Antics of geese, The Noble Savage & really warm iceAs the Canada goose cupped to land on the ice of the north old clay pit, I could not help but watch it land and skid. One of the things...
stevobossFeb 21, 20152 minRamble with the Lady: Frolicking season & dare we say spring?By Dale Bowman Even before we set out, Lady wanted to get out the pair of gray squirrels messing around on our front porch below the bird...