Toads in Spring

Melissa | April 13, 2010

This past week we ventured out to a local creek where my son made an interesting toad discovery.

Yep, you guessed it, or maybe you didn’t. Seems Mr. and Mrs. Toad were doing their “spring thing” and my son caught them in the act. Now, after I reprimanded him that he should have left them be [...]

Peaceful Creek Walk

Melissa | March 28, 2010

A couple of nights ago I got the pleasure of walking along our creek all by myself. I enjoy going out into nature with my children, but as I’ve said many times before it is important for me to connect on a peaceful, personal level with God’s creation too. It was towards the evening time, [...]

Sunny Winter Nature Walk

Melissa | February 1, 2010

Today was actually warm enough to comfortably be outside! Not only were the temperatures bearable, but the sun was happily shining too! Can’t miss an opportunity like that for a nature walk. We focused on the beauty of details today. Here are some of the things we saw.
There were beautiful patterns of ice in the [...]

Nature Club – Creeks and Erosion

Melissa | July 24, 2009

Here are some snapshots of another fun nature club meeting!
  

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
Creek Clay 

 
 Water Scorpion

 
 

 
 

Catch-Up

Melissa | July 16, 2009

This last month has been unusually busy for me. Which I admit while fun things have been happening, I do not like being busy in the slightest. But now, the calendar has cleared up and it’s catch up time. Another reason for the lack of blogging is just feeling a general “dullness” which could be [...]