Nature is powerful! If you pay any attention to the world around you or to the news, you already know this. If nature’s power were not enough, we see that nature is changing because climate is changing. Wildfires rage in the western United States. Floods that used to occur once every decade are now occurring…
It was 1968. I was five. And, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was THE movie to see! If you are of a younger sect and never seen this movie, a musical, I would highly recommend it. The incomparable Dick Van Dyke stars at the nutty, inventor-single father of two young children growing up in a Windmill…
We had a spectacular storm early on Tuesday evening. It took place after dinner, blowing in on winds from the west. I ran outside with my phone and small camera to take photos of the clouds lit with the sun from behind. A gentleman, who is a friend of a friend, told me in a…
This post was inspired by someone asking me yesterday if I ever took photographs of buildings. Why, yes! I think I do! All Silent Sunday photographs are copyrighted by Carol Labuzzetta. There is no permission to duplicate in any manner, digital or otherwise! Thank you!
I am a life long learner. I know this because I still enjoy looking for, obtaining, and synthesizing new information. Then, I like to put the information to use because I know if I do that I will remember it better. When my husband was in medical school, they had a saying. It went something…
Yesterday afternoon, I ran around town to four different stores, including Walmart, Home Depot, Farm and Fleet, and Rudy’s – a small farm and feed store about a mile from my house. I was on the hunt (excuse the pun) for one of those “ugly fake owls” that are used to deter birds and other…
I’ve been meaning to clean out my files. However, it’s one of those jobs that keep getting put off. I have 16 years of curriculum, lessons, and grad school materials sitting in my filing cabinets. I have four cabinets in my home office and two more in the basement. Two of the four in my…
Silence surrounds, envelopes, scolds and warns you. It can calm, comfort, and cajole, too. Silence can make you a liar or a friend. It can say I love you or, just as likely, not. It says I am listening and at the same time says, I don’t hear you, I don’t care. Silence says I…
Growth To pots of dirt, add Yellow elongated seeds Growing food for all. Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Phenologist A Leopold bench Watches spring colors come forth Beyond the coulee Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Spring Tree leaves budding now Colorful bursts of green life New food factories Carol Labuzzetta, draft, 2021 Birdsong Many sweet bird songs…
This is an odd title. What do I mean – forgetting what you did not know ? I’ve been working on a video presentation for first graders on phenology – or more specifically, the seasonal changes associated with spring. I very much enjoyed working on this project. However, at some point I felt I was…