Anyone whose known me for more than approximately 8.32 seconds knows how much I love trilliums, and not just because they’re gorgeous (although they are). They’re a fragile, finicky plant in a marginal and difficult habitat, and they manage to turn that into something beautiful: blooming after the ground thaws but before the deciduous leavesContinue reading “Trilliums”
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knee-high to a treehugger
I have a handful of books on how to get kids enjoying nature: I Love Dirt! by Jennifer Ward, Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell and Hands-On Nature by the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (edited by Jenepher Lingelbach and Lisa Purcell). All are good. Hands-On Nature is like a teacher’s lesson-plan book, withContinue reading “knee-high to a treehugger”
Sprung
Last week, a single robin in the school garden; this week, a flock of them by Newtonbrook Creek, bouncing through the leaf litter. A week or two ago, snow covered the park still, ice preserving footprints like plaster-casts. Snow melt flooded the creek and river. You could see squirrels–that was it. Today, a chorus ofContinue reading “Sprung”
It's melting!
Another shot from the little greenspace close to my house, this time of a fantastic icicle in the process of melting in a little stream. They look almost alive, don’t they?
Anthropomorphism
Doesn’t this look just like someone sitting down and crossing her legs? I love this tree.
Chickadee-dee-dee
As it turns out, the friendly suggestion of emailing so-and-so for directions was less of a friendly suggestion and more of a base requirement, which makes me wonder why the directions weren’t just included with the volunteer package. In any case, we got to the right address at what I thought was the right timeContinue reading “Chickadee-dee-dee”
It's cold, not dead
I should preface the photo posts by emphasizing that I’m putting up what I find interesting, not what necessarily would win any photography contests. This creek runs through a small ravine behind several detached homes, and is part of the Don River watershed. The greenspace it runs through isn’t part of the park or trailContinue reading “It's cold, not dead”
First Snowfall
I snapped this about a week ago, in a mini-greenspace during our first substantial snowfall. After the snowstorms this week, no ground is visible anymore. <a href=”http://technorati.com/claim/h6k6nqjvpj” rel=”me”>Technorati Profile</a>
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