Autumn is here!

By The Everyday Ecologist | 10/15/2024 |

Autumn started officially in the Northern Hemisphere on Sunday, September 22nd, 2024. Bring on the pumpkins, apples, spooky stories, fire pits, colorful leaves, and harvest dinners. Here are some books we like for the change of seasons. We like to look at all aspects of the tree – seeds, bark, leaves, and Seeing Trees’ amazing…

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Encouraging Pollinators!

By The Everyday Ecologist | 07/25/2024 |

What might you do to encourage pollinators in your yard and community? Pollinators include all kinds of creatures, like bees, butterflies, bats, dragonflies, beetles, hummingbirds, moths, wasps, flies, and some small mammals. Pollinating creatures are important because they pollinate the plants which grow the food we eat. Additionally, as Pollinator.org indicates the pollinators “support healthy…

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Summer is Soon

By The Everyday Ecologist | 06/06/2024 |

What fun things do you have on your idea list for the summer? We enjoy lots of different activities during the summer, such as, canoeing/kayaking, hiking forested trails, swimming, walking in the woods, identifying trees, playing with our dogs, nature journaling, collecting shells and rocks at the beach, volunteering, biking, cloud-watching, stargazing, and much more.…

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Arbor Day!

By The Everyday Ecologist | 04/26/2024 |

“I feel a great regard for trees; they represent age and beauty and the miracles of life and growth.” ― Louise Dickinson Rich (1903-1991) Celebrate Arbor Day this year! National Arbor Day is always celebrated on the 4th Friday of April. This year it falls on Friday, April 26, 2024. Arbor Day was started in…

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Solar Eclipse

By The Everyday Ecologist | 04/08/2024 |

Explore Safely. Today, Monday, April 8, 2024, a solar eclipse will appear across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks any part of the sun. A path from Texas to Maine will show the the eclipse in totality (where the moon completely blocks out the sun). NASA, the…

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Friends And Awe In All Seasons

By The Everyday Ecologist | 01/17/2024 |

2 books that celebrate friends and the wonder of nature. This lovely picture book, Fix and Stitch written by Barbara Nass and illustrated by Liza Woodruff celebrates the positive energy and helping nature of friends in any season. Watch as the group of friends comes together as autumn turns to winter. This awe-focused picture book…

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