When experts don’t listen to other experts, it is frustrating. A couple of weeks ago, I was on an outing where I was definitely in a supportive role for most of it. Although my position called for me to be in an official leadership role, I realized that I wasn’t, almost immediately. After a few…
Part of my family is on a trip to Washington D.C. to celebrate art. After arriving yesterday, we relearned the ins and outs of the metro rail. We arrived at our hotel, ate a late lunch, and headed out into the city in late afternoon. Our first stop? The American Art Museum! We neglected to…
Today, I feel compelled to write about monarch conservation. We are in the height of monarch breeding season here in the midwest, and I am seeing post after post on social media about these amazing creatures. In fact, earlier this week, I found four monarch eggs on the common milkweed patch at my house. No…
Have you Ever? This is an occasional, returning series of this blog. Links to some of my other “Have You Ever?” posts can be found at the end of this page. I have written about caves once before….not on caves specifically but on following rules regarding caves. I find myself in the odd position of…
The last few days have been anything but routine at our house. I wrote the other day about our water well running dry. At this point, we are in the process of having a new well put in. It is a 6 inch casing instead of a 4 inch – the one we had was…
It’s that time of year when our world starts to have color. Color is something for which I have a keen sense of awareness. Tonal variations are seldom lost on my perceptions, so I enjoy a very delightful world with many variations on color. This can be seen in what I choose to photography and…
Yesterday, I spotted my first Monarch Butterfly of the season! Today, I reported it to Journey North. Journey North is a website for Citizen Scientists, like myself, to report observations in nature that help scientists study naturally occurring phenomena. Those phenomena related to Monarch Butterflies are: The first Monarch (adult) sighting of the season Any…
A few months ago, I wrote about the noise that frogs were making in our retention pond behind our house. It was really loud this past weekend when we had a couple of nice days. But, on Sunday, mid-day, my son and I noticed that they were quiet so we went out to the edge…
Today, I presented nine times on prairies! In the morning, I saw four kindergarten classes. I like students of all ages, including kindergarten. The weather was fine, although a little overcast and cooler. They listened to me talk for about 10 minutes, and then, went on an I SPY walk in a man-made prairie looking…