Many traditions are carried out throughout the year – holiday traditions, unique family traditions, community traditions. Many of those traditions have been altered this past year and will continue to… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Leaves and Reads
What’s so great about late October?
Here are seven splendid things to enjoy outside during the latter half of October: O – Obviously, the foliage! Peak hits our area around the first and second week of the… Read more »
Of Purple and Gold
From Monique Strolling through our gardens and noticing the colors that remain, I was reminded of these words from one of my favorite books… “The human eye is superbly equipped… Read more »
“I’m Bored” Nature Fun Ideas
There’s still plenty of summer left and with many activities and summer camps cancelled, families face the challenge of coming up with more ways to engage their children through the… Read more »
How libraries can nurture a love of nature
Are you a nature lover? Would you like to deepen your nature connection? Here are twenty ways the library can support your love of nature or help develop one in… Read more »
What is there to notice in nature?
It can be hard to get out during this time of year, this transition time between fall and winter. It’s cold and things look brown and bare. What is there… Read more »
Following Nature’s Lead
“If there is any wisdom running through my life now, in my walking on this earth, it came from listening in the Great Silence to the stones, trees, space, the… Read more »
Sense of Place and Nature’s Role
“An individual is not too distinct from his place. He is his place.” — Gabriel Marcel Sense of place. Have you heard this phrase? I first heard… Read more »
Awaken Your Senses in the Garden
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs Have you visited our gardens recently? Some blooms are starting… Read more »