Summer is coming, summer is coming. I know it, I know it, I know it. Light again, leaf again, life again, love again, Yes my wild little poet. Sing the new year under the blue. Last year you sang it … Continue reading C is for Cheeseburger Bird
I have to confess that my lackluster grade in the lab portion of my Geology 101 class has a lot to do with my attitude toward the Outdoor Hour Nature topic this month. See, I already know how very wrong … Continue reading Digging into Rocks
As a by-product of learning about and locating oak trees for our Autumn Study: Oaks and Acorns, for the October Outdoor Hour Challenge at our favorite Nature Study blog, Handbook of Nature Study, we also are learning to identify the … Continue reading Learning the Leaves in Lafayette-Winona
I have always loved acorns. My children have gifted me with acorns for years every fall. After coming in the house with pink cheeks and noses, and shedding jackets, they would often offer up an acorn found in the yard, … Continue reading Growing in Knowledge of Oaks and Acorns
What an interesting summer for insects it has been for us! It started with our discovery of Black Swallowtail butterflies on our fennel plant (one of the dill family host plants for Black Swallowtails). The fennel plant which we did … Continue reading Black Swallowtails and Cicadas
Write me how many notes there be In the new robin’s ecstasy Among astonished boughs; Emily Dickinson We live in Southeastern Virginia, on a little finger of the Lafayette River, which provides a micro-climate of warmth to our backyard which faces … Continue reading The Early Bird
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