Violets
I will always wait for the blue violets to grow in my yard. I do not have regular pruned grass; I just let it grow and mow it. In early spring, the wild violets congregate in my yard in various locations. Sometimes, they appear in one place in the front or backyard and sometimes in […]
Butterweed
It still amazes me the number of plants that are in someone’s backyard. I had this one particular wildflower grow from a small plant to a foot tall in a few days. I let it grow to see what it would look like through its stages of growth. I was rewarded by my patience with […]
The Plight of the Bumble Bee
My first experience with a bumblebee nest was a surprise. My son, Jonathan, and I had just finished a project for Cub Scouts that was aimed at obtaining a badge for nature study. He worked hard with me to build a really neat birdhouse. Excitedly, he climbed a ladder and placed the birdhouse between limbs […]
The Beautiful Butterfly
I am reminded that cycles are very much a part of our life. One that easily comes to mind at this time of year is that of the beautiful butterfly. I find it a cycle that is very familiar and one that a younger child is taught early in the science instruction in our elementary schools. […]
The Moonlit Rose
ROSE Purity comes to nature A wedding gown for a bride Not yet tarnished by insect or mold It faces the sun and cherishes the rain It perfumes the air Hoping to attract a pollinator To pass on its seed. It is called MOONSTONE a tea rose. It seems to glow with white pearly petals […]