Nature in the News

| June 15, 2009

Two interesting news articles regarding nature have been passed my way recently and I wanted to share.   First there was recently a report on Good Morning America on how scientists are starting to look more at ants to learn about improving our traffic systems. Seems ants really know how to cooperate and work together to [...]

Dog-Day Cicada Up Close

| August 6, 2008

August means sweltering hot temperatures, high humidity, and the buzzing sound of insects everywhere.  And our personal favorite insect sound is the serenade of the Dog Day Cicadas in the woods behind our house.     Ever since the last emergence of the Brood X 17-Year Periodical Cicadas in 2004, Alex has been simply enthralled with [...]

Great Spangled Fritillary – Up Close and Beautiful

| June 17, 2008

  Today we had a very special nature blessing…an up close and personal interaction with a Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly!  Alex brought him to me, and I quickly realized that he seemed to have an injured wing and wasn’t going to fly off.  Which meant we were going to get an amazing opportunity to observe him closely.  I was [...]