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Category: Nature Study
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Anyone know what kind of spider this is? Ben, who is a serious arachnophobic, found it at the side of the house. Being a good dad, he called his children over to check it out. After I took pictures, I killed it. What? Would you have let it live?
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Dawn has the latest Field Day up on her blog. It’s hard to believe that for some, spring is just starting to show whereas here it’s been here for a while. That bunny is too adorable–you’ll have to click over to see what I’m talking about.
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My backyard just has weeds grass. Today during a frenzy of weed pulling, I discovered this caterpillar. The kids crowded around trying to see it. Pumpkin loved it although many times she narrowly missed stepping on it. Honey, my bug gal, wanted to pick it up but I stopped her. Pumpkin calls it a "a-da-da"–it’s…
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Spring is here. Our grass is turning green (along with a proliferation of weeds). Our twig tree is starting to bloom. My allergies are kicking in. Aaah, my favorite season. Really, despite my allergies, I love spring. Everything starts to get so much color. The flowers start to bloom, the wildflowers spring up (no pun…
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Dawn has the latest edition of her field days–The Late Winter Edition. Check it out. There are some beautiful pictures. I love nature especially from afar. I tried to get a post in, but with Pumpkin’s visit to the ER, I was not able to. One of these days!!
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Friday morning dawned cold and cloudy. Not what I wanted for our Vanishing River Cruise. I assumed that we would be out in the open the entire time. Luckily, I was wrong on many counts. I bundled the kids up as well as I could. The girls were bundled in parkas we had from previous…
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Well, this is more like my nature study, but I went out this morning and took these pictures. The weather has been cold. I mean, we had 70 degree weather on Friday and now, look: That’s ice on my windshield. And, these are icicles!! Okay, they’re only about an inch and half long, but, hey,…
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While driving to ballet this morning, I noticed this bug on the hood of the car. It clung to the hood for miles. I was driving at a little over 70 mph (okay, so I speed a little) and it clung to the hood the whole time. It was amazing. Then after about an hour…
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I’m awful about nature study. I hate dislike the outdoors. I don’t like to get hot and sticky and I don’t like to be cold. So, do I keep the kids indoors? Not exactly. This past year we spent a great deal of time indoors except for trips to the park on Fridays after mass. …
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Dawn has put together another Fabulous Field Day. If you’ve been putting off your nature study, this will inspire you to take out your nature journals.
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