Nature Connections- September

This month has passed quickly!  The weather has been beautiful and we've been busy outside.  Here are a few of the things we've done this month...I would like to post more, later.

We spent the day with friends at Salt Lick Campground, fishing, bike riding, and swimming.

Working on a raft, with driftwood...

Practicing his fire building skills...

"Patching" the dead tree with mud...helpful? Maybe not.  Fun and messy? Absolutely!

Building a "fort" for supper with his friends.

We dug sweet potatoes out of the garden...

Found a patch of Green Spored Lepiota. (POISONOUS)

So we tried a few spore prints...

Cut down two dead trees in the yard.  Temporarily they made a fun climbing fort.  But we had to cut them up for firewood this winter.

"A" found these two Monarch Butterflies, mating...

A beautiful day for a picnic at Cheekwood. (I will have to make another post)

A walk with our cousins, we haven't seen in a long time.

Nature Connections-June

This has been a month of unusual weather.  We have had humid, scorching days, pleasant cool days, crazy rains, and also hail.  The variety has kept it interesting.  Any day is a great day to get outside and play, observe and wonder at the beauty all around us.

After the rains, we found some huge mushrooms.

She was so fascinated by these.  I saw her playing with them in all sorts of ways...umbrella, ear muffs, seat cushion, lollipop, and who knows what else her imagination came up with.

Watched a sunset together....

We read somewhere that every time you see a colorful sunset it will be a clear sunny day the following morning.  We have closely observed this for months and so far it has held true.

Found a Cecropia Moth by the barn...

Picked Blackberries...

Found a Passion Flower... (the TN. state wildflower)

A busy Bee...

A Katydid....

and watched the garden grow...

Some of our favorite nature connections this month were birds and more birds.

Check out more nature connections at Sherry's blog here.