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Bee-autiful and Bee-zarre
…even the insects in my path are not loafers, but have their special errands. ~Henry David Thoreau About two weeks ago, we took a hike at one of our favorite springtime destinations, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, one of the many wonderful properties owned and managed by the Triangle Land Conservancy. We have been impressed and… Read more
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Another Milestone – #500
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu Nature may not hurry, but this past year sure seems to have flown by. My personal life has been a blur these past many months, and the blogging has slowed a bit (you may have noticed). I blame it on that thing called work. I… Read more
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What a Difference a Week Makes
We discover a new world every time we see the earth again after it has been covered for a season with snow. ~Henry David Thoreau This past week started with one of those North Carolina spring conundrums – a snow storm! I have been working on some fact sheets on spring ephemerals, those spring wildflowers… Read more
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Developing, in a Pool Near You…
Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns , chestnuts, trees to climb…and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education. ~Luther Burbank The arrival of spring is a stop and go affair here in central North… Read more
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An Unexpected Love Song
“If you would win my heart, sing me a love song.” ~Jane Griner in the song “Sing Me to Heaven” by Daniel E. Gawthrop Given the title of this blog, you might think it’s going to be about all the riotous birdsong that is happening out in our woods right now as temperatures warm and… Read more
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A Fascination for Filberts
The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size. ~Gertrude S. Wister It is one of those plants I had seen a few times in the wild, but didn’t know much about, other than the nuts are quite tasty – small, but good. I… Read more
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Trending Now…Spring
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb from Guinea It has been a busy couple of weeks, both at the office, and in the Garden outside. Temperatures have swung widely – 60+ degrees a couple of days ago, a nice fire in the fireplace last night, a pretty typical February… Read more
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Special Place, Special Season
Yellowstone in the summer changed my life and teaching direction. Revisiting in the winter was like going back to an old friend’s house when all the ‘guests’ have gone home and you get to sit in the den and have long quiet conversations with the residents. ~Mike Leonard, an educator that attended both a summer… Read more
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Feeling Alive
Go where you feel most alive. ~Author unknown I have been missing my usual winter routine of several trips down east. Schedules have been busy, and this thing called work has a way of occupying a lot of your time! So, last week we decided to make a day-trip to my favorite spots in North… Read more
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Winter in the Woods
There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance. ~William Sharp The quiet beauty of a winter snow storm…this is… Read more
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