Who Cooks for You?
The sound of a barred owl hooting is very familiar to me as an outdoor educator. It is one of the easiest owl calls to imitate and the...
Edward the Emu
I met Edward the Emu this year at Winter Street Farm. I'm a member of their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, so I visit the...
Cut Flower Gardens
My love of flowers and pollinators came together in a cut flower garden. This year, I embarked on turning one of the raised beds in the...
Mourning Cloak
Last fall, I found a brown, spiky chrysalis attached to a wheelbarrow in the community garden. It was hanging of the inside edge and it...
Bicycling with Butterflies
A dear friend of mine got me this fantastic book by Sara Dykman, a monarch enthusiast who rode her bicycle along the migration route of...
Snowy Night
A poem by mary oliver Last night, an owl in the blue dark tossed an indeterminate number of carefully shaped sounds into the world, in...
Sowing Seeds of Joy
Here is a poem written and shared by Petra and Matthew from Fruition Seeds in Naples, NY. It brought some light to my life and so I share...
Teaberry Treats
There are many festive colored berries in the woods this time of year. My favorite is teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens, because it has...
Joy Renewed
Things that soar - turkey vultures, eagles, monarch butterflies - always make me think of freedom. They look so calm and effortless...
Waterbears
I was first introduced to these cute microorganisms in the Smoky Mountains in NC by my friend, Susan Sachs, who happens to be a ranger...
