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My Mom Would Have Been 92 Today

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2024|Categories: Eastern Cottonwood, Miscellaneous, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Sycamore, babies, birds of prey, bottomland hardwood forests, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, chicks, Cottonwood, Eastern Cottonwood, forest, hawk, hawks, heart, heart shape, immature, juvenile, leaves, light, native, natural, nest, nestling, Platanus occidentalis, Populus deltoides, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, shadow, spotlight, spring, sycamore, tree, tree trunk, trunk, young|

My mom would have been 92 today. I miss her terribly, but she is with me in so many ways. She was also with me when I went to Tishomingo NWR last Saturday.

Glowing Sunset In The Heart Of A Spruce Tree

By Mia McPherson|December 12th, 2022|Categories: Salt Lake County, Trees, Utah|Tags: autumn, boughs, branches, fall, glowing, heart, picea, snow, spruce tree, sun, sunset, tree|

For a brief period of time in December when conditions are right I can see the glowing sunset in the heart of my neighbor's spruce tree each year.