Giant Birds Nest

a day of learning about birds, beaks and nests at red gate farm
in the rain
while weaving a giant birds nest
local sculptor joe landry
built the frame and all the participants wove the black birch, sassafras and balsam fir in and out, out and in……
creating the perfect home for the big bird!

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Meet Echo and Pumba

the Humback Whales we met off the coast of Glocester at Stellwagon Bank…New Englands first marine sanctuary (a known whale feeding ground)

We went out on Capt Bills Whale Watch boats

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End of Summer catch up

We spend the last days of August in Provincetown soaking in the sun, searching for sea creatures during the low tides  and rolling in the sand.  The weather blessed us with some of the most beautiful days of the season.

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Butterflies

It seems that Spring has taken a detour, it was so cold this past week that we took a trip to the Butterfly Pavillion in order to feel the warm air.

Igor the Iguana or the dragon! received much attention and much fascination… He just loved posing for photos!

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Signs of Spring

“The April rain, the April rain,
Comes slanting down in fitful showers,
Then from the furrow shoots the grain,
And banks are fledged with nestling flowers;
And in grey shawl and woodland bowers
The cuckoo through the April rain
Calls once again.“

-  Mathilde Blind, April Rain    

Cattails and Pussy Willows

Magnolia Bud

This lovely little birds nest is our newest addition to this [...]

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thoughts on city parks

As we are still dealing with jetlag (awake after midnight and asleep in the late morning) we have been making no big plans, just seeing where the day takes us while trying to get into some kind of routine…school work, reading (IdriREAD we are reading Finn Family Moomintroll (which I highly recommend), and violin practice. We also [...]

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