One of the best gifts I received this holiday season was a PBS documentary video called, “Plants Behaving Badly”, in which two types of amazing plants – orchids and carnivorous plants – are described in detail. I am lucky that my husband indulged me with this item on my wish list. Home alone on Saturday afternoon,…
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WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth
Inspired by the: WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/growth-2/
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: 2017 Favorite Photos
Below are my submissions to the end of the year WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge for 2017: Favorite Photos.
Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Serene
Inspired by the Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Serene
Recommended Environmental Readings
If you just want my book recommendations, skip to the end of the blog. If you want to know why I am recommending the books, then I guess you need to read the post! My graduate course on Environmental History is almost over. It has been a whirlwind tour of the last several centuries worth…
A Singular Haiku
Not much in me today. A singular haiku is all I can post. Reevaluating myself. Frost Haiku White covering grass Stiff, still, silent frost comes in Overnight to morn
Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Temporary
Yesterday, we saw a bald eagle feasting on a carcass in the coulee (valley with only one way in or out). Although he stayed most of the afternoon, we knew his visit was temporary. It had been two years since we noticed any bald eagles near the dry creek bed adjacent to our home. It…
Living in the Midwest: Grasslands
Fall is a beautiful time in the midwest, especially when the sun is out and the air is crisp with a touch of coolness, foreshadowing the winter yet to come. Although it has barely been forty degrees each of the last two days, I have worked outside, preparing some garden beds for winter. Yesterday, I…
Slice of Life: Tuesday Post. A New School Garden & AP Classes – What do you think?
Today, I offer a Slice of Life Tuesday post that is two-pronged. In one prong, I ask for you to share your experience with me for a future post. The second prong entails telling what I did yesterday – an old activity, in a new place! Prong One: Currently, I am working a post about Advanced…
Silent Sunday: Memories of Hiking at Effigy Mounds National Monument
To learn more, go to: The National Park Service on Effigy Mounds National Monument Iowa