Some people think the older yellow flowers are sweeter. I’m not partial! Seriously, I have to believe that there are few plants more wonder sparking that honeysuckle. Okay, so that may be a bit of an exaggeration when you take…
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Honeysuckle Heaven
April Showers Bring May Flowers
This has been a strange spring. All the hot and cold fluctuation compounded with the fact that the last couple years have had especially warm dry springs, makes the mild temperatures and abundant rain seem off. I imagine that this…
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Summer Nature Journals
As summer approaches and schedules slow down, consider creating a summer nature journal practice with your children or journals to send home with your students to encourage a summer nature journaling practice. Nature journals is an age old method of…
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Butterfly:Chrysalis :: Moth:Cocoon
To round out this scale winged mini-series, I thought I would talk about a few interesting traits and behaviors that these insects embody. One is the difference between butterflies and moths. An Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas) at rest. The wingspan on…
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Scale Winged Wonder
Going through the photos I took at the Florida Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Rainforest Monday is blowing my mind. Sure, I have been here before and I have even seen a good many of these species in the wild…
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Ferris Beuller’s Day Off
In the iconic John Hughes movie Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, Ferris reminds us that, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” These days, with all the travel I’ve…
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Sharing Stories of Place and Past: Scott Candage
Without further ado, I introduce you to Scott Candage. Scott is someone who is the whole package-fun, brilliant, kind, and good looking(!)- and I am so happy to be able to share his work with you in this spring guest…
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Sale!! Teacher Appreciation Week Begins 5/6
Teachers work really hard. That is a fact. It’s something that we often hear, but until you have taught a year you never know quite how hard! The school year is like a 10 month sprint that abruptly stops- 0…
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Playing Purple Warm and Cool
Purple is an interesting color in the garden because it can be used to create both warm and cool effects in beds. It is both energetic and calming at the same time depending on what it is placed next…
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Wonder Wednesday #8- Birdseed Bagels
Photo credit: powellfamtx.blogspot.com Wonder Wednesday Bagel Bird Feeders Supplies: Nature journals, rulers, pencils and/or crayons Scissors and yarn Book: My First Book of Birds by Sharon Lovejoy, this is a great book because it is part bird fact book, part field…
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