in the thicket: Adding some features...

March 17, 2009

Adding some features...

I love Dawn's little "Nature Notes" section at By Sun and Candlelight, so I decided to copy her and add that to my blog as well.

I also added a new typelist for nature books... we love to collect guides, and also love the Thornton Burgess books. Charlotte really likes me to read to her while she's doing things like playdough or painting, so today while she was doing Playdough I was inspired to start reading from The Bird Book since she was actually making a bird. (Or trying too!) We read the first chapter, "Jenny Wren Arrives", and then looked up House Wrens in our Bird guide, and chatted about wrens a bit. I am impressed by how accurate Burgess's book is, in terms of the picture and the "character description." So as I think of it, I might try to continue doing this, reading the Bird Book and then looking up the birds in our Bird guide to learn more.

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Nature Notes

Saturday, March 21st
Yesterday was the first day of spring... Wish it wasn't chilly! The Forsythia is in bloom everywhere, and lots of white trees. Tons of birds in our yards, we've been seeing lots of crows for some reason. Also robins, blue jays, and wrens. Nothing too exotic though!
March 17th, St. Patrick's Day
Finally the rain has stopped, and C just told me she saw some blue sky. Need to go move our pea plants out on the deck. Our front yard is dotted with renegade Hyacinths... they were originally in the border along the driveway, not sure how they ended up scattered in the grass!
Copycat...
Shamelessly copying Dawn @ By Sun and Candlelight and adding a little nature notes section.