Jul. 5, 2008 Nature Photo Walk
We went for a nature walk today at our favorite living history museum. Here are some of the photos. And by the way, I am also learning how to use Picasa Web Albums, so I hope these work!
 
 
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Jun. 27, 2008 Summer Flowers Apr. 29, 2008 Rails to Trails Hike with Daddy
We are blessed to live across the street from a wonderful rails to trails path, the Monon Greenway. This past Sunday, while I made freezer dinners to take to my grandfather, Daddy led the troupes on a hike. Here are some of their pictures.
It's hard to see, but they spotted a Downy Woodpecker along the way... I am so proud of their observation skills, on their own initiative. They are taking ownership!
Then they stopped for some refreshment...
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Nov. 2, 2007 Weekly Nature Walk
Carey Grove Park, Carmel IN
56 degrees, sunny and just plain lovely! Oh, how a crisp fall day soothes the soul.
"During autumn the attention of the children should be attracted to the leaves by their gorgeous colors. It is well to use this interest to cultivate their knowledge of the forms of leaves of trees; but the teaching of tree species to the young child should be done quite incidentally and guardedly. If the teacher says to the child bringing a leaf, "This a white-oak leaf, " the child will soon quite unconsciously learn that leaf by name."
Page 622, Handbook of Nature Study, Anna Botsford Comstock
We are fortunate to have this little park nearby. All of the trees are marked and there is a great variety to study. I have chosen this park for our year long study of trees. We will visit during each season and record how the trees change.
Come take a walk with us...
Nature journal example page:
 This is a Bald Cypress
 Sugar Maple
 Sugar Maple leaf (we discovered that scanning leaves, making color copies and putting them into our journals is less messy, if not as fun as pressing them. We also have a dandy press that we are enjoying as well.)
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Oct. 29, 2007 Autum Nature Walk Oct. 13, 2007 Holiday Park Nature Walk Sep. 28, 2007 Weekly Nature Walk Sep. 18, 2007 Cool Creek Park, Westfield IN
Cool Creek Park, Westfield, IN
About 85 degrees, a sunny & humid day.
 Saw many Cabbage White butterflies and 1 Monarch.
 Milkweed
 Down by the creek, very cool, indeed.
 5 year old's journal page.
 8 year old's journal page.
 My journal page.
 DH's journal page. |
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Sep. 17, 2007 Nature Walk at the Zoo Sep. 11, 2007 Caterpillar found -Wordless Wednesday
Fall Webworm found! Little did we know that this little guy is thought of a pest. Oh well. We won't tell him. I am proud of my daughter's developing eye for finding nature. |
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Sep. 10, 2007 Weekly Nature Walk
Hummel Park, Plainfield, IN
List of things we observed:
1. Many types of trees: Oak, Tulip, Maple, Sycamore, to name a few.
2. A little toad!
3. Many types of butterflies: Painted Lady, Cabbage White, Sulfur, Monarch.
4. A creek!
5. Listened to the creek's current, the crickets, the birds around us.
6. Grass hoppers
7. Wild flowers
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Sep. 5, 2007 Wordless Wednesday
Pictures from a recent visit to Spring Mill State Park, near Mitchell Indiana.
 A special friend
 The creek
 Wild flower garden
 Looking out of the cave. |
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Found these in the yard near the back door.
 This one is very small and made of pine needles. I wonder who could have made it?
"If the 24th of August be fair and clear
Then hope for a prosperous Autumn that year".
The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady, Edith Holden, p.125 |
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Jul. 17, 2007 Lake Michigan |
Tortoise 
Bearded Dragon
Meerkat
Beverly Shores, Indiana
Wetlands
