Patriots

Curly Dock What are those big leaves? Those are curly dock, also called yellow dock and sour dock,  Rumex crispus ,  buckwheat family, ...

Cirsium undulatum, Native Thistle of the Plains Wavy leaf thistle,  Cirsium undulatum , is a native thistle of the plains and the west of...

New Zealand! An intriguing destination, far south of the Equator, across the Pacific Ocean, and yet reputedly very British. We traveled with...

Cinque Terre, Italy  Four years ago I took a hiking tour of Cinque Terre and Tuscany in Italy with Backroads . Hiking tours range from extre...