<p>We went on a nature walk through <a href="http://islandwood.org/">IslandWood</a> today with an amazing naturalist. Probably the coolest thing we saw was a <em>Drosera</em> species, commonly known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera">sundews</a> – the green swirls with the red tentacles in the photo. What makes them cool is two-fold, they grow only in bogs and they are carnivorous!</p>

<p>When the storms hit after Christmas the <a href="http://www.bijac.org/index.php?p=EVENTSMochiTsuki">Mochi Tsuki Festival</a> at <a href="http://islandwood.org/">Islandwood</a>, courtesy the <a href="http://www.bijac.org/">Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community</a>, was one of the casualties – fortunately it was just postponed.</p>

<p>We accepted <a href="http://www.islandwood.org/">IslandWood’s</a> invitation today for a bird walk, our first foray into proper birding with a guide, binoculars, book and camera. Actually arriving on-time for the 8 am start was accomplishment enough; had we not seen a bird at least the get-everyone-ready time trial resulted in victory.</p>