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Melissa | January 23, 2010
WANTED: Big yellow round object which provides warmth and lifts spirits. I’m fairly sure that it’s been well over a week now since we’ve seen the sun in our parts. The only thing we’ve been sure to get though is cold rain. Ya’ll know I’m not one to complain about the weather, I really do [...]
Melissa | January 23, 2010
“Snowflake” Bentley (Wilson A. Bentley) was a man who was passionate about sharing the miracle and beauty in the details of nature. Not only did he love photographing snowflakes but he loved photographing other intricate details in nature, such as a spider’s web, pollen on a flower, bark on a tree, the veins in a [...]
Melissa | January 17, 2010
For our poetry this past week we focused on the poem, When All the World is Full of Snow by N.M. Bodecker. This beautiful poem is excellent to read for vivid metaphors such as…”and swarming frost flakes fill the trees with billions of albino bees.” Whenever we read poetry it seems to inspire art, so [...]
Melissa | January 9, 2010
I made up this notebooking page recently to use on our winter walks. Click on the icon below if you’d like to download it.
Melissa | January 2, 2010
For Christmas, my hubby spoiled me with a Flip HD Video Recorder. Well, the nature nut in me went crazy because now I can easily take this wonderful thing along on nature walks and record things to share…LOVE it! Because it is HD quality I’ve had to start up a YouTube account to share them. [...]
Melissa | October 15, 2009
As the winter season approaches many animals are preparing for what lays ahead. Plumeting temperatures and lack of food drive many animals to migrate or hibernate. Yet still some stick around to tough it out by adapting. This last week we’ve been busy watching the many signs of animals preparing. We’ve seen large flocks of [...]
