I think it’s been over two years since our kids have seen snow, so when some friends said they were renting a cabin for the weekend and invited us up to Big Bear in the San Bernardino National Forest, we didn’t think twice. For Orange County folk Big Bear is a quick two hour jaunt […]
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We headed to the Fullerton Arboretum this past week for Nature Study. There were orchards with ripening fruit an Ombu tree a shady creek with freshwater clams! and rocks for baby boys to go ‘kerplunk’ and cool water for darling big sisters to dip their baby brothers’ feet in and bamboo shoots to delight little
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We had our annual Nature Study meeting last week and our first Nature Study day for 2011 this week at the creek. It turned out to be 97 degrees, which wasn’t so bad until we started trekking up the creek to a point I blogged about here. The creek was rather parched and the heat
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For sometimes when we wonder, we can make things begin to happen. ~Teacher in The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong Once or twice a year our little nature study group gathers at a coffee shop in the evening without the children to talk and plan through nature study locations, field trips and events
Spring… monkey flower and prickly pear on left prickly pear prickly pear golden yarrow lemonadeberry (give it a taste – it’s tart!) Not sure what this is mustard Don’t miss it!!
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Last week we headed to Starr Ranch for a field ecology program on Reptiles and Amphibians and a Nature Hike. We’ve been there in the past for their Song Bird monitoring program and it’s really one of my favorite places in OC. Tucked away in an unnoticeable corner of Dove Canyon, Starr Ranch is owned
We headed back to an old familiar spot for our nature study this week – Bolsa Chica Wetlands. It’s really amazing to be able to visit the same places over and over throughout the year to see how everything changes with the seasons. So many things were in bloom, it made the whole place look
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While daytime temperatures here have been in the 50s and 60s – what we consider cold, crisp winter weather – and we’ve been getting heaps of rain, the birds and plants are clearly under the impression that Spring is well on its way. The swallows are back in town, soaring here and there and neighborhood