Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   What a difference a week [or maybe a couple of days] can make!  As recently as March 10, I still needed snowshoes to navigate across much of the North Iowa landscape […]

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   Happened upon this scene around sunset tonight.  Hard to tell if this rooster is wondering where in the world to tuck in for the night; or if he’s contemplating just ending

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.We’ve all heard that old adage “In Like A Lion; Out Like A Lamb”.  It refers to the month of March.  This year, March made its dramatic entrance from the Lion side of

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   It was my turn to cook — So for last night’s dinner, I decided to fix a ‘standard batch’ of Kung Pao Pheasant.  Just about the time everything was ready, I

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.It’s no secret that most Iowans have had enough of winter snow — have had enough of winter cold.  But spring is on its way.  For one resident bird species, the season has

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.k   It’s mid-February and the North Iowa landscape remains in lockdown.  Although today’s skies are clear and sunny, morning temperatures have failed to rise above a finger numbing ten degrees below zero. 

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   After you’ve heard or read the same old stuff for about the millionth time,  there are topics that seem to lose a bit of their original luster.  You know, like the

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   The woman at the opposite end of the phone line was — well, she was hysterical.  Absolutely in a rage, and that’s putting it mildly.  Whenever she’d stop to take a

Photography courtesy of Lowell Washburn, all rights reserved.   The Iowa deer season ended Friday, January 10.  It was a tough hunt.  During this year’s archery season, I hunted harder but encountered fewer deer in Northern Iowa than I’ve seen