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I put a top coat on my deck today. It is so perfect a day for drying stain that after I did one board I could not tell where I should begin on the other end. It is drying in 5 minutes. Reminds me, back in the 70's you could not get all the fancy colors you have today. For Yellow we had to...

Wonderful Shrub Savannas, from yesterday:

From the bridge on route 563, I brutally made my way past the 6 or 7 beaver dams to the reservoir downstream. Once you get past the last dam, there is only one tough spot, and it's free and clear after that. Clearly, this run has to be worth it to those wanting to try it. It took 5 hours or so...

Ozone in Bamber

Always wanted to try this branch, to see how far I could go. I was eventually blocked (and me without a saw), but I got far up this surprising stream. It is fairly wide and deep, and had been kept open in the past by someone. Very, very quiet back there, especially nice was the drift back...

Found these four sweet ladies in one cluster. JCP&L had cut the vegetation under the power lines, and they popped up.

Caught this guy waiting for me today. He did not last the day, I rubbed him raw between two stones.

I put this in last year and put it away for the winter. Here we are again, up and ready. I love this thing. I get home from the field and hop right in, no fuss, no muss. The tube leads to the woods. Solar power does the warmth. The tube is perpetually filled with water. I wanted a little more...

http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/pinelands/2016/05/12/manchester-new-city-pinelands/84193848/

Found this odd stand way the hell out by Blacks Bridge today. Buried deep in the woods and long forgotten. Has two wheels at the top of the ladder. Very strange.

Here are this year's Forked River Mountain Clean-up totals. Let's see, over the 23 years we have been doing this, we've pulled 658 tons of crap out of these sacred woods. That is (said another way) 1,306,000 pounds. I wish to thank all my friends who have participated: Guy and Jess, Scott and...

Like my phone? I'm finally moving up to a smart phone via AT&T (local tower). Which one is a good one?

Very interesting reading. I am going to see if there are any living in our very acidic pineland environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

I've been coming across a lot of pine trees in the middle of cedar swamps that are dead due to insects. What's killing them I don't know, not sure if the beetle does it or not. But today, after I saw the first one in the photo below, 50 yards away I see this large pine with holes up to 1" in...

Last year I put one in the back yard. It's great in the summer to come in off the trail and shower outside. http://www.sharperimage.com/si/view/product/Solar+Shower/202528 She does not come with the shower. :( Anyway, I had to fiddle around getting the material to install it. Today I saw an...

Yes, I'd pay. If there were zero ads, I'd pay $30 a month, maybe more. But, it would have to be zero ads, no sneaking any ads in. Two thought-provoking articles. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/27/ad-blocking-herald-end-of-free-internet-ios9-apple...

Sometimes, just sometimes, an author hits one right out of the park. http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/16/02/15/opinion-on-governing-new-jersey-the-legend-of-state-property-tax-relief/#

Nice interactive map that gives bad news. I don't know where this is going, but we are really over the top. I don't know the answer, but I can guess the cause...

Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society (on the recent flooding in places like Stone Harbor and Ocean City): there is “no silver bullet,….we are committed to long-term management of the shoreline because we’ve altered it so much and we’ve put ourselves into vulnerable...