This blessed Thanksgiving day holiday I am celebrating with family. I hope you are having a wonderful celebration, too.
Whether you are with family or friends, or having a solitary day, I hope that you will take a minute to step outside and celebrate Nature.
Feel the sun and wind upon your face.
Smell the crisp air – and the hint of a wood fire.
See the blue sky and the last colorful leaves fluttering to the earth.
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Words are fascinating.
Today, take a minute to explore some of the interesting terms used for groups of birds. I’ve found a term for nearly every letter of the alphabet. I’m betting you’ve never heard some of these
before!
Bevy of Quail – first used in 1486, has its roots in bevee – a group of drinking companions (Anglo-French)
Chime of Wrens – gregarious birds with a ringing, cascading song
Dissimulation – …
“The mood in which you set out on a spring or autumn ramble or a sturdy winter walk, and your greedy feet have to be restrained from devouring the distances too fast, is
the mood in which your best thoughts and impulses come to you, or in which you might embark on any noble and heroic enterprise. Life is sweet in such moods, the universe is complete, and there
is no failure or imperfection anywhere.”
– John …
When the leaves fall from the trees, something is often left behind on tree branches. Now is the time of year when we begin to see the places where many creatures
live. It’s a great time of the year to point these animals shelters out to young nature lovers while you are walking with them on beautiful fall afternoons.
Since the leaves have gone into full drop mode, I’ve noticed bird nests at all heights in trees and bushes around our property. Some birds …
We are now moving through autumn full speed ahead. Today’s post features more of what’s happening during this season, from the Ecological Calendar. Interesting stuff!
BeeBall. When nectar availability diminishes in the fall, worker bees push the male drones from the hive to reduce honey consumption. Then, once the temperature reaches 57 degrees
F., the remaining bees make a tight ball around the brood to keep it at 93 degrees F. during colder months.
TactfulTortoise. The Mojave desert tortoise can …
We are nearly two-thirds through with our fall season. Color still remains; yellows, oranges, rust and bits of evergreen. Today, focus on three poets and their November
thoughts.
“Autumn Evening in the Mountains”
After rain the empty mountain
stands autumnal in the evening,
Moonlight falls among the pines
And lays across the quiet streams.
Bamboos whisper of days long past,
Lotus-leaves yield before a sudden wind, …
Ahh, glorious fall.
Face toward the mid-morning sun. Temp in the high 40s.
Leaves, sumptuous shades of red, rust and orange, flutter
like crisp butterflies.
For today’s post, look again to the Farmers’ Almanac. Nature Wisdom passed down through time for anyone who is willing to learn.
Nov. 1886 Almanac
Now is the time to close up the fall work and get ready to go into winter. Finish the fall ploughing, trim the grapevines, throw some pine boughs over the
strawberry beds.
Nov. 1887 Almanac
The cool nights and the frosty mornings remind us that winter is at hand. It is better to …
Will Rogers is one of Oklahoma’s favorite sons. Will Rogers Day is celebrated Nov. 4 in Oklahoma, but for my blog, today will have to do.
Rogers was born and raised in Oklahoma. The town of Claremore claims him as a native son, and the Will Rogers home is operated as a musuem in that city. Rogers died tragically and before his time in
1935 in Alaska, in a plane crash with his aviator friend, and fellow Oklahoman, Wiley Post.
Will …
Most of us don’t worry too much about endangered species. We doubt the loss of any one plant, animal or microbe will have much effect on our lives – or the
lives of any other living thing on the planet.
But that’s not so. Everything is connected in the circle of life, and the ramifications of anything becoming extinct can be multiple and far reaching.
One of the things that ecologists and other scientists …
Mary Coley Writes 