Guess who spent the past two nights in a cemetery looking at bugs and is now in love? It's me! So some folks in my naturalist class are working with me on a prairie restoration project in a cemetery, and part of that involves using iNaturalist to catalogue any flora and fauna we find living there. One of the group members is an avid blacklighter, and he usually uses his porch to set up a white she... » Continue Reading
Tomorrow is Monday. For many, it is a bleak day with nothing to look forward to. If you're like me, who struggles to get to bed because after sleep comes tomorrow and tomorrow is where the tasks live, then here is what you need to do: Make Yourself a Pretty Good Breakfast Sandwich Toast two pieces of bread to desired levels of toastedness. (I use honey wheat 'cause it's cheap » Continue Reading
I love that through this naturalist class I've found a group of adults with whom I can Play Outside. We were all stopping every few feet excitedly pointing out cool bugs and plants we found on the side of the trail. These are my people. The woman leading the walk works at a garden center as her day job. She talked about how she casually dissuades customers from buying privet (an invasive species ... » Continue Reading