Melissa | June 22, 2010
Look what Hannah found growing down by our creek. Now, I know mushrooms grow a lot bigger than this, but this is the biggest mushroom we’ve ever had in our yard. It measured 11″ across the cap and about 3″ across the stalk! I guess they like all this hot steamy and wet weather we’ve [...]
Category: Fungi, Nature in Spring |
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Melissa | June 3, 2010
All things in God’s creation are beautiful. However, lest we keep in mind some things have been “tainted” by the sin in this world. My Dad would say that moles are one of those things, along with poison ivy and such. I think it comes from all the years that he’s battled the vision impaired [...]
Category: Nature in Spring, Nature Study |
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Melissa | April 29, 2010
I was so excited last night to discover another “new to me” wildflower! Meet the Goldenseal. I found this wildflower by the creek side. I was particularly excited to find this one because I think it’s so unique in a couple of ways. First, the petals are super thin and plentiful and also have neat [...]
Category: Nature in Spring, Wildflowers |
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Melissa | April 15, 2010
New Wildflower Discovery! I found these beauties blooming up on the creek side in the woods. They are called Rue Anemone…aren’t they gorgeous?!
Category: Nature in Spring, Nature Photography, Wildflowers |
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Melissa | April 14, 2010
Below is a slide show I’ve made of all the spring wildflowers that I’ve taken photos of so far! Click full screen for the best view. I hope you enjoy it! Kentucky Wildflowers in Spring
Category: Nature in Spring, Nature Photography, Wildflowers |
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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 [...]
Category: Amphibians, Creeks, Nature in Spring |
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