I borrowed my mother’s camera. In our backyard, my sister and I found…blue morning glory dandelion mimosa seed pod insects…
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Nature Studies
Baby squirrel or is it?
Sharing a summary of some exciting backyard finds! Our youngest boy found the little creature pictured above as he was…
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Day Trip to Daddy’s
Post Father’s Day weekend. Post breakfast Saturday morning – we load up. Head to the hills north of us. Two…
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Bird watching
Bird watching. It’s what we do. Especially eldest boy, above. He’s the one that fills the feeders and makes the…
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Homemade Suet Recipe
We are making some of this today, so I thought I’d post the recipe from our old site… We did…
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For the Love of Squash: Our Crop Plant Study
I developed the taste for squash quite a while ago. Squash casseroles being a summer mainstay here in the south….
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Backyard Bunnies
With my coffee perched in one hand I pull up the blind with the other. That’s when I catch my…
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Beautiful Birds
Eldest Boy, a.k.a. My Backyard, has a passion for bird watching, is our resident bird feeder filler and is sharing…
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Heavenly Hydrangeas: Outdoor Hour
With the excitement of the new direction of the Outdoor Hour Challenges in our minds, we turned to our hydrangeas….
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Spring Birds
We love our birds and enjoy watching them. So, for our spring time nature study, each of the children chose…
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Window Observer Feeder – Our Favorite
From the November 2008 archives… This week we started filling our bird feeders again. We remembered that it is especially…
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The Spring Time Hunt for Queen Anne’s Lace
(Photo of Queen Anne’s lace full of seeds at summer’s end in September). Back last summer we had a time…
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Simple Sunflowers: Heart of the Matter
Join me at Heart of the Matter today? You’ve probably heard plenty about planting sunflowers. You may even agree they…
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