Through Minnesota’s Seasons with Jim Gilbert

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From dust jacket notes: “‘A year is made up of a certain series and collection of sensations and thoughts which have their language in nature,’ wrote Henry David Thoreau in his journal in 1857. Phenology, the study of natural events that recur periodically – the migration of birds, blooming dates of wildflowers, the ripening of fruit – started in the observations and writings of Thoreau. 130 years later, Minnesota phenologist Jim Gilbert has written a wealthy and varied book of observations on the changing seasons in Minnesota. Essays entitled ‘Land of 15,291 Lakes’, ‘Thoreau in Minnesota’, ‘Hibernation’, ‘Orion’, and ‘Wintering Mourning Doves’, give an indication of the reading enjoyment included. Advice ranges from the most efficient time to seed a lawn to the most efficient time to see a meteor shower. We learn that spring moves northward at the rate of 12 miles per day, about why the bluebird population has declined, and that some spiders commute by balloon. Questions you’ve all the time wondered about are answered (Why do mosquito bites itch? Why do vine-ripened tomatoes taste best?) in addition to some you’ve never thought to ask (How do porcupines mate?) But Through Minnesota’s Seasons with Jim Gilbert is way over a book of facts. Any person who loves the song of crickets on an August night, or climbing through woods on crunchy autumn leaves, or gazing across the silence of a snow covered lake, will love the companionship of this book. It is further enhanced by many of Mr. Gilbert’s own award-winning photographs, and several unique drawings by local history artist, Laverne Dunsmore.”

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