We all have this deep-rooted fascination with the wild. It’s as simple as feeding squirrels and pigeons on a park bench for some people.
- Nick Jans

Maybe it is pushing it to call a squirrel “wildlife”, but technically, they are. This house is about eight years old and we saw the first squirrel in our backyard […]

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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I always forget how purple the gardens are as May ends and June makes her grand entrance. Early in May, the crocuses come up purple and yellow, then the chives bloom purple, then the comfrey adds it’s hairy blooms, […]

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“A weed is but an unloved flower.”
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I have always loved dandelions. A lawn that is yellow and fuzzy with their blooms is almost magical. When I was little, I believed that if you ever were to find a unicorn, it would almost certainly be in a field of dandelions.
I’m not sure […]

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Keeping a Nature Journal will help inspire you to deepen your relationship with the Earth, and to develop a greater awareness and caring for the Earth.
- sierraclub.org

Catkins on the clump birch.

Lady’s Mantle growing beneath the cedar.

Magnolia flower.

Wild violets.

Additional Resources:
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You by […]

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In an effort to overcome some of our Nature Deficit Disorder, my oldest son and I have begun keeping Nature Journals. We’ve been using Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth and I highly recommend it. I […]

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