Archive for nature studies
May 14, 2013 · Filed under arachnids, children, fiction, gardening, nature studies, prompts, seasons, Uncategorized · Tagged 100WCGU, 20 Lines or less, bird reserves, black and yellow argiope spider, memories, nature studies, postaday, spiders
School was out for the summer at last. Families toured the bird reserve.
Everyone seemed happy, except poor Lillith, neatly spinning her web on a high post that she hoped would be out of the view of visitors who may not like her. She was beautiful, a young Black and Yellow Argiope (some called her a garden spider). She was useful, she dined on insects that humans did not admire.
The sun was setting, she had caught five meals, and was ready to settle down for the night.
“Goodnight, Lillith” I whispered. ” I will check on you tomorrow.”
May 13, 2013 · Filed under children, gardening, grandchildren, holidays, memories, nature studies, postaday, prompts, Uncategorized · Tagged 20 Lines or less, children, commercilization, fathers day, grief, holidays, hope, joy, love, Mothers Day, postaday, valentines day
Valentines Day, Mothers, Day,
Fathers Day, so many more.
What if we don’t get a Valentine or box of candy?
What if we don:t see all of our kids, or parents
or put flowers on their graves?
If we must have a special day to recognize those we love,
then our love is shallow and lacking.
If we do not recognize them on these “special days”.
We are not appreciative, thoughtless…
Think of those you love every day, tell them every day,
love them every day. All of your lives will be much richer.
Today, I did not eat with all my kids,
I put flowers on my mom’s grave and my then-15 year old sons.
Today, I stood in line to eat lunch with part of them,
my lonely father order food he didn’t want and didn’t eat.
Having a friend take a photo of my son and I with my flowers.
Or my son showing me bullfrog tadpoles, meant much more.
Remember how short time is and how much today means.
Take the little treasures and keep them, for soon they slip away.
March 31, 2013 · Filed under awards and prompts, children, gardening, grandchildren, history, hope, nature studies, nostalgia, seasons, struggles, Uncategorized · Tagged 20 Lines or less, Big Blog Collection, forests, Great Fellow Bloggers, memories, nostalgia, Poplar trees, postaday, sadness, Sycamore Trees, the daily post, trees
Fifteen years ago, my dad had to cut down a Sycamore, giant and majestic, that he had planted when he built the house in the 1950′s. He left a very high stump, which soon sprouted and the new branches, themselves became a problem. They got in the way of power lines, blocked the view of ‘ and the mountains. Everyone fussed at dad, but he continued to just “trim” back the limbs.
Now my son has built a house next to my father and has become concerned that a tall poplar that dad also planted nearly 60 years ago could fall onto the house or damage property if we don’t cut it down. Not only is dad’s heart broken, I find myself grieving it too. I now understand dad’s feelings. It isn’t just a tree, even a majestic tree, it is a collection of memories, a diary of sorts. They are two trees, one ruined, one soon to be that deserved to be giants in some preserved forest. I see both myself and my children gathering sycamore balls, poplar blossoms, the trees were part of what “home” meant”
I have no answer, I have thought of ways to donate the wood and such but have found no affordable options. When I see a tall tree, still safe in the forest, I smile. And, as with the Sycamore tree, I can’t help but hope that sprouts will appear from that immense root system and at least be a reminder of what was and what should be.
March 19, 2013 · Filed under awards and prompts, fiction, gardening, hope, memories, nature studies, postaday, prompts, Uncategorized · Tagged 100 word prompts, 100WCGU, 20 Lines or less, Big Blog Collection, disappointment, dogwoodwinter, flowers, Great Fellow Bloggers, hope, prompts, spring
It happens every March here in the mountains. Right after a cold spell, the sun will come out. It will warm the earth, causing flowers to bud and bloom. Those of us who love to garden will rush to the hardware store. We buy top soil and seeds. We dig up dead grasses, sprouting weeds.
Spring is here at last! A few glorious days of warmth. Fragile lilacs burst forth. We want so badly to forget what the unseasonal weather meant. It is not spring, not really, not yet. Grandpa called it Dogwood winter. I just sigh and call it disappointment.
March 14, 2013 · Filed under fiction, fiction/poetry, hope, nature studies, postaday, Uncategorized · Tagged 20 Lines or less, blig blog collection, bloodroot, Flash Fiction, forests, Great Fellow Bloggers, hope, spring, sunshine, winter
She walked along the well traveled path, only mosses and a shy fern dared to decorate the ground. Underneath the aging oaks, she sat on a stone, wiping a cold tear from her cheek.
“Winter,” she thought. “I hate it,”. She found a lidless acorn and threw it down the bank. She watched as the acorn landed and rolled until it hit a log.
A blur of white peeked out from the edge of the bark. Struggling against the cold, she slid down the bank to see what it was.
“Bloodroot.” she smiled, spring would be here soon. She walked back down the path with a little more vigor. Her hands warmed by a ray of sun as she emerged from the woods.
February 11, 2013 · Filed under gardening, hope, local news, nature studies, prompts, Uncategorized · Tagged 20 Lines or less, Big Blog Collection, f;owers.gardening, frost, postaday, spring, trees
It has been another mild winter here in the Southern Appalachians. The weather has been fickle-as it always I. Listening to the weather report is a bit like reading your horoscope. Still as I walk through my garden, through yards and fields, I have seen many blooming flowers and budding trees. I am afraid that we are heard for another year of an early spring an a late frost, which often damages some crops beyond repair.
This week, I n clumps of tiny bluets growing in my son’s yard, along with patches of small white flowers. In my own yard I ha e seen a dandelion,yellow crocus and paperwhites in full bloom. shes us when we somehow manage to skip it!My bridal veil bush has swollen buds as do many other early blooming bushes.
I don’t have many strawberries this year, my health prevented me from doing a lot of gardening, but last year, their blossoms were killed by a late frost, along with apple blossoms and many flowering scrubs.
As much as I look forward to spring, I know that mother nature expects us to have winter first and often punished.
February 4, 2013 · Filed under awards and prompts, children, fiction/poetry, holidays, humor, memories, nature studies, poetry and quotes, prompts, Uncategorized · Tagged 20 Lines or less, cats, excitement, holidays, postaday, prompts, shadow, Where's my backpack? shadows
Although I did not write this-and it is the wrong holiday-it is a childhood favorite of mine that my grandkids now enjoy-I cannot recall the author-we were “made” to memorize it in 5th grade.
Halloween
The moon is round as a jack’o'lantern
The trees grow black and bare,
As we go walking with spooky giggles
Through the chill, ghostly air.
Who’s shadow is that on the haunted ground?
Who’s hiding behind that tree?
Oh, down the tree comes my bad, black kitten
And the shadow is only me!
January 31, 2013 · Filed under fiction/poetry, nature studies, prompts, seasons, Uncategorized · Tagged 20 Lines or less, colors, flowers, Friday Fictioneers, postaday, prompt, purple
the softness of a lilac bloom as its fragrance wafts through the breeze
the deep delightful sight of springs first violet
sunset over the ocean-a color that purple cannot do justice to
from ground to sky, lilac to violet, purple refreshes our soul
January 30, 2013 · Filed under history, nature studies, prompts, Uncategorized · Tagged 100WCGU, fear of heights, Grand Canyon, new grand canyon overlook
I am afraid of heights. The new look out over the Grand Canyon is amazing in it architecture and views.
The programs I have seen with panoramic sweeps of the canyon are amazing, yet It seems to take away from the natural beauty of this unforgettable place when such a modern facility looms over the edge.
It has been 22 years since I saw the Grand Canyon. We were able to drive from look out to look out on our own time, take in the views and study the layers of rock and growth of plants at our own pace.
I think I prefer the Grand Canyon as it was. It could not be made more “Grand” by the hands of man.
January 18, 2013 · Filed under awards and prompts, children, computer repair, genealogy, grandchildren, history, hope, humor, integrity, memories, nature studies, nostalgia, paranormal, poetry and quotes, recipes, seasons, struggles, tech help, Uncategorized · Tagged 20 Lines or less, apologies, appreciation, Big Blog Collection, blogs, computer repair, computers, hard drive salvaging, patience, prompts, saving information on a broken computer, tech help
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