The Phytophactor

Pi day (3.14) snuck up on TPP, as did St. Patrick's day.  But while TPP was messing around making chicken-tortilla soup, Mrs. Phactor wa...

Things are just a bit crazy right now, so seeing an old friend emerge from winter dormancy is rather comforting.  This week is the Universit...

TPP had the opportunity to have a walk around the gardens.  Signs of spring are everywhere.  The witch-hazel are flowering, as are the snowd...

Our return to the upper Midwest took us from shirt sleeve weather to severely cold weather rather suddenly; the car's temperature gauge ...

One of the better nature areas in Key West is the KW Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden .  Now based on a considerable experience, TPP rec...

The Phactors have gone south to avoid some winter.  Cuba can almost be seen from a tall bar stool; it's only 90 miles away.  This crazy ...

TPP thinks that maybe just maybe he and his travelling companions have slipped into an alternate reality.  Three-wheeled bicycles, most of t...

BrianO, a long time and valued correspondent, asked TPP to review this field guide, but no time to do it right now (getting ready for a roa...

OK in an effort to get a day/date disconnect resolved, TPP thought why not do something unusual like do a FFF on an actual Friday.  People w...