Sock Hunter Episode 96: Winter Time

A true winter for this sock hunter means cold frozen nights, bright sunny days, and the reflection of light off brilliant white snow. Evergreen trees fill with silence as the snow falls and the grass crunches beneath your feet after … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 95: Old Favorites

Some time ago, I found a pair of Envy socks and talked briefly of the fate of some socks in this world. As with all things, I found myself revisiting the idea of those *Envy socks and searching for a … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 94: Floral Seekers

It was with some trepidation that the I began my latest sock hunt. The socks were becoming rather wily as summer faded into autumn. My favorite haunts were yielding fewer and fewer specimens. I thought that I might come back … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 93: Blue Jay Striped Socks

Perennial lovers of the berries of the blueberry bush. The *blue jay striped socks may still be difficult to spot amongst the foliage. They will wait patiently in the area of a ripening bush and then carefully remove the ripe … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 92: Yucca Lovers

With fearsome determination, I set off in search of my latest quarry. The *yucca socks, being my quarry, were evading me masterfully. I continued to pursue them through verdant leaves and over tangled roots. Quickly, quickly. With great speed and … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 91: Amongst the Flowers

~~Don’t forget the contest. You have until May 31, 2014 to spread the word.And 20% off the shop with code CONTEST.~~ Days and days may pass in which a sock hunter finds naught but sock tracks. The elusive patterning of … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 90: Carousel Socks

With splash of heel in puddle this sock hunter was on the chase. Wily, willy-nilly, slapdash winding through primordial forest. The chase ever clearer in my mind. I bounced after my quarry, heart-racing, lungs straining, camera slapping against my chest. … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 89: Twisting in the Wind

There comes a time in every sock hunter’s life when the search becomes more than just a vocation, but a desperate desire to hunt socks.  When socks have been found in so many places, so many times, and yet the … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 88: Humming Socks

Again, in the course of my explorations in the Northwest, I continue to be surprised. Socks abound. It would seem to be a sock hunter’s paradise. Socks in bushes, and in trees, under hills, and in the leas. Socks wherever … Continue reading →

Sock Hunter Episode 87: Hundred Acre Wood Socks

“Wherever there be socks, there ye’ll find a Sock Hunter.” ~Dr. A. R. Gyles I think about this quote often as I am tracking socks. There is something about the hunt for socks that takes me to a different plane. … Continue reading →