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Oct21
dirty.
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Tag Archives: nature
Oct20
men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science. ~ralph waldo emerson
it was science day
we made
solutions and color swirls
learned about buoyancy
floated and sunk things
then
we met
two big horses
a baby cow from scotland
a ball python
and
came back to our room
where we met
a friendly silverback gorilla
and an anthropologist
who told us all about him
and he shared
his celery snack
and one of
the best discoveries of all
was when we found out
all on our own
that we could
make secret forts
under the big kid’s science table
it was so great
to have a special day for science
but then every day
is really science day
if we just look around.
Oct14
bats.
we met the bats
learned about
all the good they do
micro bats
mega bats
brown bats
fruit bats
how important they are
to our world
and
we will try
to do our part
to help
save the bats.
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“the baby bat screamed out in fright,
‘turn on the dark, i’m afraid of the light.”
― shel silverstein
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Oct13
giant.
kinders size up the leaves
that are
like nothing they’ve seen before
much bigger than their heads
with a color
like shiny crayons
they must be
leftover
from the time of the dinosaurs.
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the world is a giant puzzle that hasn’t been put together yet,
and were trying to
find the other piece of this puzzle that goes with us.
– e.e. cummings
Oct8
komorebi.
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image credit:wordles
Oct3
enchanted.
bee whisperer’s mom,
my daughter,
on our late summer walk
by the river.
bee whisperer,
my grandson/ her son,
on our early summer trip
by the lake.
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genetics, gentle compassion, curiosity and nature at play.
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“it is in our genes to understand the universe if we can,
to keep trying even if we cannot,
and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way.”
― lewis thomas
Sep26
live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. ― ralph waldo emerson
we went outside
on a class hike
touched stuff
picked up things
fell down
rolled
ran
played in the water
saw some pretty little stuff
and saw some big and beautiful stuff
and tried to figure out
how to get way up there
then we found this
and
think it was a message
left for us
and decided it was true
and our adventure
was even better.
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land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life,
the outside, the unknown.
– stephen gardiner
Sep24
antique.
“nature alone is antique and the oldest art a mushroom.”
– thomas carlyle
Sep8
“though she be but little, she is fierce!” – william shakespeare
behold the bounty that is my late summer harvest!
even if it is all miniature
it’s the first time
i’ve ever grown a vegetable
in my entire life
and so
it’s all perfect and i’m perfectly happy.
fairy-sized or not.
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do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way
of small but meaningful accomplishments.
Aug26
nuts.
recently
i’ve found myself
in an
ongoing battle of the wits
with the squirrels
who come to play in my yard
and who
have recently
kicked
their games of
mischief
and
merry-making
up a notch
rearranging the candles
messing up the table
eating buds from
the bright green gardenia plant
just as it’s about to bloom
tearing down and making off
with the tiny flags
and
leaving nothing but
a trail of snacks behind
i picture them holding secret meetings
inside the knothole
of the big tree out front
assigning jobs
creating new strategies
giggling
chattering
in their native squirrel language
discussing
how to
step up their game
and
i am
losing the battle
but
next
i’m
going to
try to make friends with them
or
go undercover.
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‘right now, we’re just trying to
beat the squirrels to the pine nuts.’
– arlene ward
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image credits: squirrelpicnic.com, rabbitwhiskers.com, littlenummies.net, those darn squirrels
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