This post is a team effort from The Nature Boy aka our oldest son Philip and myself. We have worked on this together from keyword outline to rough draft to final copy. Creation is the basic foundation of our Christian Faith. As Christians without understand creation there is no need for God…Could this explain the…
Tag Archive: Nature Study Meme
Nature Study Tuesday~Horsing Around~April 26
This week, we didn’t get out much and when we did, I didn’t have my camera. However, we did get out on Easter Sunday and rode horses. Lora 8 riding for the first time by herself. Your’s truly riding Stormy…this is the mare that was severely injured in August…We have come a long way. Our…
Nature Study Tuesday April 19~Garden, Lilacs, and Butterflies
Wow, we managed to plant 200 onion sets and around 100 potatoes…I didn’t count them. lol I have four rows that are nearly 20 feet each. Our lilacs are blooming and with them, have come the butterflies. We have spotted Monarchs, Painted Ladies, Sulphers, and Black and Yellow Swallowtails. Spring has Sprung and the winds…
Nature Study Tuesday~Nature Boy talks…
Guest post from: Philip (11) AKA Nature Boy. I caught a fence lizard the other day. I set up a habitat with old decaying wood, rocks, dirt and growing cheat for it in an aquarium. I like to do a few science experiments with it. I made a jungle gym out of yarn for it…
Nature Study Tuesday~March 21~Windy Kansas, Spring is blowing in.
There are little signs of spring all over. The strawberries are starting to poke through the hay we mulched them with, the alfalfa fields are more green then brown, and the wind is BLOWING. Blowing hard enough that we actually stayed inside today. Why? Because the pollens are high and the need for Benadryl has…
Nature Study Tuesday~Pumpkin Patch~October 26
This will be the last weekly NST until spring, unless, I have people showing interest to continue it. I am considering it doing it monthly through the winter. I just don’t see myself, or others, really being out in Nature enough to be about to post each week. This past Friday, we went to a…
Nature Study Tuesday~A Day at the Refuge October 19
This past weekend, we went to the nearby wildlife refuge for their annual celebration. First we went on the tram, the took us through an area of the refuge to the lookout tower over the marsh and wetlands. We learned that the marsh, is supposed to be naturally salty, but over the years has “freshed”…
Nature Study Tuesday~October 5~Apple Orchard
I am sorry I am getting this up late. Our four year old most likely broke his arm Saturday, and I have been running. He has an ortho appointment tomorrow, so we should know for sure by then. Friday we went to an Apple Orchard for a field trip. It is a beautiful place to…
Nature Study Tuesday~September 28~ Large Moth
This week we were out playing, and our landlord/adopted grandpa drove in with a special package. I guess our love of nature must have rubbed off on him. Anyway, he brought us a large moth. We believe it is a tobacco hornworm moth, but umm, it seems that these big moths all look very…
