The Nature Nomad

06/12/2026

Even the lakes were higher than usual today, Chocorua Lake, New Hampshire, 6 11 26.

06/12/2026

Damage on Deer Hill Road, Madison, New Hampshire, 6 11 26

06/12/2026

This is someone's driveway in Madison, New Hampshire, just east of Grafton County. Water has incredible power. The ravine is now several feet deep after 5 inches of rain last night. Thank you to Henry's Weather Channel for the video.

06/12/2026

Oh boy

MADISON — Numerous roads in Madison were washed out by flash flooding early Thursday, according to town officials, who called a public hearing to be held Friday at town hall

06/12/2026

Somebody used a drone to get footage of the damage in Madison, New Hampshire

06/12/2026

You saw a spider in the bathroom and your first thought was "is that a brown recluse." It almost certainly isn't. There are three thousand spider species in North America. Exactly two are medically significant. The other 2,998 are catching the insects you don't want in the house.

The two to know: black widow — shiny black with a red hourglass, found in dark undisturbed spaces like woodpiles and sheds. Brown recluse — limited to the south-central US, violin-shaped mark, avoids contact, bites mostly when pressed against skin in stored clothing. Both are rare encounters. Fatalities are extremely rare with treatment.

🌿 The five you actually see every day are all harmless. The jumping spider watching you from the wall hunts by stalking — she can't hurt you. The wolf spider running across the floor looks terrifying and carries her babies on her back — also harmless. The cellar spider in the corner kills other spiders, including black widows. The garden orb weaver catches hundreds of insects per web per night and eats the web to rebuild it by morning.

Two out of three thousand. The spider in your bathroom is not one of them 🐾

06/12/2026

Deer Hill Road, Madison, New Hampshire, 6 11 26

06/11/2026

Meet Dawa. She was rescued by after being observed on her own in Sandwich, NH. She took to the group almost immediately after explaining that though she was small, she was no pushover over.