A Messier object and Trapezium in Orion Total lunar eclipse January 20-21 Dee Sharples – Astronomers in the 1700s searched the...
Category : Finger Lakes
Dragonfly Tales: Case of the mistaken goatsucker
by Steve Melcher – “Goatsucker!” came a Highlander’s shout from an elderly birder in the back of the bus. We all looked...
Owl Light Outings: Hollerhorn Distilling-Naples, NY
by D.E. Bentley – After a recent round of deliveries we stepped into Hollerhorn Distilling and brushed off the road dust. We...
The Village Gardener: Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
By Georgeanne Vyverberg – Here it is, the middle of the last month of the year. Holiday season is in full swing and the first seed...
Looking back on a year in the Owl Light – 2018
January 2018 January 2018 featured “Time” our theme for our first Owl Vision of the year. Contributors included William Page who...
Friendly take over at the Hemlock Agway
by D.E. Bentley – A trio of autumn leaves blew in the door after me during a recent visit to the Agway store in Hemlock, NY. It...
Growing diversity in the Finger Lakes
by Derrick Gentry – I am an amateur gardener, as all gardeners are, and more recently I have become a middle-aged 4-H student. ...
Gathering of fall spirits
by D.E. Bentley – As the trees scratch eerily against the window outside, I am thinking about some recent spirits I encountered,...
Sibling harmony inspired by musical roots
by D.E. Bentley – For many who teach, helping others learn is an extension of a passion for what they do, and an accompanying wish...
Firestorm in the Finger Lakes
by Len Geller – A $365 million trash-burning incinerator with a 260-foot smokestack capable of burning up to 2,640 tons of...