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Tag: nature
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Sunday Beautiful
It’s supposed to be a day of rest. I’d like to say I’m spending it thusly, but my son has the house turned upside-down to get his bedroom reorganized, and since this involved moving a part of the family library… But yesterday I did stop and spend some chilly moments in contemplation of beauty. …
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Wilding Walk
I will be guiding a Forage and Birding walk at LongMeadow Farm in Lebanon, OH this coming weekend. Saturday July 7, at 10 am. If you can’t make this one, we will be doing two more, one in August and finally in September. I’m excited about this – I love to talk about plants, bugs,…
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Birdsong
I can hear birds outside, as the sun rises. Far from being silent, spring is noisy joyful chaos. This is country, although crowded for my tastes – but it is country, by the lights of the surrounding farm fields and forest that looms up behind the house. There are deer that walk by the fences…
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Night Creatures: Tracks, Spiders, and Bats
The following was written for a library program where the participants were ranging in age from babies to 4th grade. I wanted to present it here with some pictures I’ve taken over the years. Enjoy, and pass it on to kids you know… Perhaps they will take the time to read some morning stories of…
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The Wasp Apologia
In defense of the humble wasp, so hated and feared by most humans, I put forth the following argument: the wasp is better than the mosquito. Every spring our old farmhouse is invaded by gentle brown paper wasps. They hibernate in the walls and roof through the winter, and a few become confused and make…