nature
What a Hoot!
Friday, my boys were off from school for the Easter holiday break. About mid-afternoon, I looked out our back window and saw a white patch in a tree at the edge of the field behind us. The landscape is slowly greening up but the trees have not leafed out yet so seeing something pure white…
Sixty Six, Sunny, & Some Music for the Soul.
Being a mid-life graduate student in Environmental Education, I’m well versed on the positive effects nature can have on all aspects of your health. We need nature more than it needs us. Today, I lived what I preach and took my weekly walk a day early – alone. By late afternoon, I took off down…
Wildlife Wednesday Without Words
Summer Suggestions – Slice of Life Tuesdays.
Summer is close. We are more than a week into our last term of school here. In less than two months, school will be out for the summer. It always happens fast. Now, the two of my boys who are still at home have jobs and summer soccer traveling leagues that keep them busy. Those…
Helping Bees, Helps Us
Our garden club theme this year is on Pollinators, of which we have covered Bats, Hummingbirds, and Bees. They are all fascinating, but as I prepared for the bee unit, I learned many things I didn’t know. There are solitary bees and social bees. The social bees are the ones everyone seems to talk about….
Orchids, Amaryllis, and Lemons. Oh, my!
If you’ve read some of my previous posts, you know I am a gardener. I love plants, and love to teach children about different horticultural topics. This week, in addition to having garden club and planting 15 Amaryllis bulbs with my garden club students, I’ve had several personal gardening successes. My orchid is re-blooming. This…
Who writes in the middle of the night?
Does anyone besides me get out of bed to write something down? This has been a fairly common occurrence for me over the last five years or so. It seems to happen when I am trying to work through a problem, have a parenting issue, decide how to address something, or occasionally, like last night,…
The Birds are Back!
Growing up, I was never a fan of birds. On a trip to the zoo when I was much younger than ten, I witnessed a girl with red hair be attacked by a bird in the aviary at the local Zoo. Needless to say, it left an impression on me. Then, there was the…