My Father's World

� Mar. 3, 2008 - Lunar Eclipse

Alright, so I'm a little late, but here is the picture of the lunar eclipse that happened in our northern skies on Feb 13,08. In a lunar eclipse the earth passes between the sun and the moon casting a shadow on the moon. The moon turns a red-ish orange because of the atmosphere. Apparently there was supposed to be a turquoise colour too, but we never saw it.

OK, so that's kind of a pathetic picture, but that's the best I could do with my camera. It was really neat to see though, and it was also neat to see the sun's light slowly appear on the moon again. Ooops, forgot to get a picture of that!

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� Feb. 2, 2008 - Tagged!

Posted in In Awesome Wonder

I have been tagged by mtnmamaof4.
TAG #1 Rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

TAG #2 The rules are:
(1) Link to the person that tagged you.
(2) Post the rules on your blog.
(3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
(4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
(5) Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

#1
I had two books close to me, a dictionary and a nature guide. Since this is a nature blog, I picked the nature guide.
It's North American Wildlife by Reader's Digest.
Since it's laid out different than a regular book, I just picked a bird
(p.123 happened to be in the 'bird' section) from that page.

The bird is The Horned Lark. I could not find a picture of it as everything is copyrighted, but you can see a picture here: horned lark .

This is what it says:
" The Horned Lark is a bird of the bare earth, where it nests and feeds, and the sky, where it soars, sings, and plummets downward once again. In the fall individuals from the Far North migrate in large flocks, joining the local breeding birds wherever they find their preferred habitat-ground with a minimum of low vegetation to supply the seeds on which they feed. This is North America's only true lark."

#2
I'm going to make my 6 random things to do with nature(because, after all, that's the theme here!),

1. I love yellow roses. I have not yet grown them, but hopefully when our yard gets excavated and landscaped this year, I can plant a rose bush.

2. I need 'nature' around me. It feeds my soul. If I lived in a city apartment, I'd fill my balcony with plants.

3. I love to be able to see mountains. I understand that the vast prairie can be beautiful as well(I've seen it.), but mountains are so majestic!

4. I love to watch the clouds, especially on windy days when they're moving very fast.

5. One of my favourite trees is the Willow. I just love how it droops and sways.

6. I am in constant awe of the intricacies of how God created our Earth. Everything from the atmosphere and how it works, to the smallest insect or deep sea creature, it's all stamped with His creativity and intellectual design. The fact that we can all live here, sharing this planet and have the means to survive is amazing. There is so much around each day, that He made and yet so easily taken for granted.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice!
Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
Let the fields and their crops burst forth with joy!
Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise before the Lord!
Psalm 96:11-12

I choose not to specifically tag anyone, but if you decide to do it, let me know so I can come visit!

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� Jan. 19, 2008 - The glories of Slush!!

Posted in In Awesome Wonder

We live in a valley. Weather systems blow in off of the ocean dropping all of their precipitation on us before hitting the mountains. Because of this we get an unusual type of weather called 'slushing'. At least thats what I call it. The weather man would call it 'snow mixed with rain'. It's not good for playing in because you get soaked and it makes everything slippery. But, it does make everything look pretty, giving the illusion of snow. We're having some today as a matter of fact, but I took these pictures during our last 'slushfall'. I had to venture out on our very 'slippery-when-wet' wooden deck to take them. I was so intrigued by the pattern that the slush had made on our walk way.

...and here is a close up

I think that the temperature was hovering around the freezing point and ice was beginning to form.
And here's a close up of slush:

Thanks for stopping by and enjoying my slushy post!!

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Welcome to my Nature Study blog. I have been influenced greatly by the Charlotte Mason approach to studying God's marvelous creation. I'm learning so much, along with my children, that I'm sharing it with you here. Enjoy!