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Melissa | August 9, 2010
As always when we start paying more attention to something in nature, God starts blessing us with wonderful opportunities to see it. As I said before we are learning more about butterflies and moths this first couple weeks of school. Yesterday my oldest daughter came running excitedly through the front door declaring that we were [...]
Melissa | August 7, 2010
“Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine.” ~Jeffrey Glassberg The soaring heat and humidity of August makes it an excellent time to observe butterflies in nature. In fact, for this first structured week of school, I have focused on butterflies [...]
Melissa | July 27, 2010
God has given all creatures a line of defense, something to give them a better chance of survival. And lately I’ve become intrigued by seeing evidence of this on our nature walks. For instance below you will see a picture I took at our last Nature Club meeting. Notice the tiny red and black bugs. [...]
Melissa | January 30, 2010
You may notice that I’m posting quite a few notebooking pages. I am teaching the Nuts About Nature class again to the kids at our homeschool co-op and I am making these to share with them for their at-home nature assignments. Here is the one for this week. It’s a notebooking page to keep track [...]
Melissa | July 19, 2009
I know it’s not just me. I’ve talked to many other people who have said the sky has been rather gorgeous lately. The sunrise and sunset both seem more beautiful and the clouds are more breathtaking. Also, the wildflowers have been amazing this year; I suppose due to the cooler than normal summer temperatures and extra [...]
Melissa | June 26, 2009
The most fascinating and beautiful clouds are oftentimes seen right after a storm. Last night we had some very impressive storms come through equipped with high winds, hail, lightning (which seemed to keep the sky lit up constantly like a flickering lightbulb), and thunder that made me jump out of my seat a few times. When the [...]
