with the return of the school year
comes the return of our outdoor adventure days.
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“we could have never loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.”
-george eliot
Sep30
Tag Archives: nature
Sep17
of giants, glaciers, stone, and wolves.
Kummakivi Balancing Rock
This rock stands in the middle of the forest balancing on another much smaller rock. There is a legend that the rock was placed here by giants, but there is also a scientific explanation for this. Geologists say that the rock may have been moved by the power of glacier over 8,000 years ago. This captivating stone can be found in Valtola, Southern Savonia, Finland.
The rock is well-visited no matter what you believe to be its origin story, and the best time to visit the rock is summer and early autumn, as you can easily get to the forest. It can be difficult to get to the middle of deep forest during long winter nights when there will be snow and maybe even wolves.
i’m a fan of the giant theory and would love to see this up close.
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“how one walks through the world,
the endless small adjustments of balance,
is affected by the shifting weights of beautiful things.”
-elaine scarry
Aug17
“if you see me, cry.”
Hunger Stone :
Recent droughts in Europe once again made visible the “Hunger Stones” in some Czech and German rivers.
These stones were used to mark desperately low river levels that would forecast famines.
This one, in the Elbe river, is from 1616 and says: “If you see me, cry.”
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“when the well is dry, we will know the worth of water.”
-benjamin franklin
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credits: history review
Aug14
tik-u.
tiny tiki hut
fairies sing whirl dance all night
gone by morning’s rise
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“you wait here, I’m going to the tiki hut.”
– Special FBI Agent Seeley Booth, Bones
Jun15
everything.
“when you really pay attention, everything is your teacher.”
-ezra bayda
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sugarbush park, ann arbor, mi, usa – summer 2022
Jun3
direct reflection.
reflecting while exploring
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“the way we experience the world around us is a direct reflection of the world within us.”
-gabrielle bernstein
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june 2022 – oakland county, michigan, usa
May24
“no mow,” said the bee.
bee kind
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“for this,
let gardens grow, where beelines end,
sighing in roses, saffron blooms, buddleia;
where bees pray on their knees, sing, praise
in pear trees, plum trees; bees
are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them.”
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May13
hard wood.
the class discovered this tree with magical writing all over it
and even though he’s only mastered the alphabet this year
‘a’ chose to read it out loud to everyone
in his own magical language
a master translator at work.
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“he was made of hard wood.”
-hungarian proverb
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Arborglyphs, dendroglyphs, silvaglyphs or modified cultural trees
is the carving of shapes and symbols into the bark of living trees.
May1
crowds.
” i love places where there are crowds of trees.”
-nitin namdeo
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scio woods county preserve, ann arbor, mi, usa
Apr28
into the universe.
heading out on a rainy day
to explore, discover things, and learn
in the much larger classroom of the universe.
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“the universe is a great university.”
-sai baba
I didn't have my glasses on.... 