Category Archives: Nature Study
nothing to see here. . .
I am having a hard time keeping up with posting, in part because I am back in school, at long last. In the meantime, I will try to share my favorite links. Like this one: BIRDS! and here is … Continue reading
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dragons and damsels
We have been looking a lot at flying insects lately. We see a ton of dragonflies on our walks but the other day we went to a different creek and got to see some damselflies. Under a rock were nymphs. … Continue reading
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Oh, the irony
My mom used to call really good storms ‘frog-stranglers,’ which fascinated me as a child, because although she had told me it was a figure of speech, i.e. sort of irrational but wonderfully compelling, the frogs were supposed to be … Continue reading
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The new news from Henwen and Gurgi
This morning E told me the guinea pigs had been making a new sound overnight. A few hours later, when she was supposed to be working on math in her room (morning skirmishes between the kids over which way sevens … Continue reading
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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
We checked out this book, written by Jacqueline Davies and illustrated by Melissa Sweet, from the library last week. I had never seen it before and it was a really pleasant surprise. The story was both well told and accurate, with notes … Continue reading
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protactor love
We went Not Back to School Supply Shopping today. It is such a thrill to buy ten packs of crayons for a buck seventy. My strategy is this: buy tons of whatever they have priced below cost at the back … Continue reading
Shameless marketing to homeschoolers. And space envy.
It seems like everyone has a “homeschool day” in Texas. I would not be surprised to find a Hooters Homeschool Day invite in my inbox one day. I mean baseball teams do it, theme parks do it, why not? We … Continue reading
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bats and the kindness of strangers
I can’t sleep and being online isn’t going to help but I have about a zillion pictures from the past few weeks to upload so I at least have something to make me feel like I am getting something done … Continue reading
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around the state in 18 days
We have been pretty busy the past few weeks so I haven’t had time to post but here are some of the high points: the nature discovery center the Mayborn Museum The Titanic Exhibit at Moody Gardens The Aquarium at … Continue reading
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