Home NEW BOOKS Scenes from my life hiking in Ireland a Florida gopher tortoise a fox I spied hiking in Canada a northwoods deer near our Michigan property heading out for a day of snowshoeing a cold impromptu Thanksgiving hike with my daughter in Virginia hiking with my husband, his dad, and stepmom … a family affair! I love pelicans! And this one loved to pose! on the boat back after a great day of shelling out with one of my favorite snowshoeing buddies (who also owns a bookstore!) painted turtle at Woodlake Nature Center, right by my house pancake ice! rocky beaches mean you have to stop and build a cairn Sedona, Arizona: wonderful hiking and gorgeous views the swallowtail butterfly at Wood Lake Nature Center with my wonderful husband on a northern Minnesota hike yukking it up on Egmont Key an illustration from When Fall Comes illustration © Erin Hourigan from When Fall Comes, written by Aimée Bissonette (Little Bigfoot / Sasquatch Books)