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Trading Hope and Despair For Restoration

Posted on January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 by Shannon

Nature needs all of us to spring into action. Step beyond hope or despair for the future. Restoration is fun, engaging, and exhilarating.

Posted in Conservation, Insects, Living, NatureTagged Bee hotel, Consumption, Longhorn bee, Restoration14 Comments

How Nature and Virtual School Helped Us In A Pandemic

Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 by Shannon

A pandemic sucks, except outdoors where it doesn't.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged COVID-19, Education, Soundcloud, Videos18 Comments

Happy Days

Posted on February 21, 2020June 24, 2020 by Shannon

I'm still here! And life is just so, so beautiful. Nature says so.

Posted in Family, Living, NatureTagged Budgerigar, Carolina Wren, Keyhole garden, Mulching, Rabbit, Redbud, Soundcloud, Winter, YouTube7 Comments

The ‘Kids’ of DirtNKids

Posted on November 15, 2019May 11, 2020 by Shannon

Mamas just gotta brag a little sometimes.

Posted in Children, LivingTagged Music, Recital7 Comments

Going Coastal With Friends

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 by Shannon

The beach is a special place, especially for bloggers to meet.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged American Oystercatcher, Autumn, Beach, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blogging, Galveston Island, Ghost crab, Goat's-foot Morning Glory, Herring Gull, Seaside Goldenrod, Shark-eye Moon Snail17 Comments

When It Rains, It Spores

Posted on September 20, 2019October 1, 2019 by Shannon

It may be cliché, but it's true when 15" of rain pours in 3 hours.

Posted in Family, Living, NatureTagged Bolete, Flooding, Fungus, Monarch butterfly, Mushrooms, Rain, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Summer19 Comments

Meet Me In The Summertime

Posted on July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 by Shannon

And I will meet you there.

Posted in Animals, Children, Family, Living, NatureTagged Black Swallowtail, Cecropia moth caterpillar, Cousin, Lily, Pocket prairie, Rainbow, Rat snake, Summer19 Comments

Fruit, Figs and Fungi Friends

Posted on July 1, 2019June 4, 2021 by Shannon

Still doubt the lowly fungus? It's the real organic garden Super Hero.

Posted in Food, Gardening, Living, TreesTagged Apple, Compost, Fig, Fruit, Fungus, Mycorrhiza, Organic waste, Summer, Tomato, Trees10 Comments

Buried, Unburied. Buried Again.

Posted on March 18, 2019June 4, 2021 by Shannon

Ramblings from a disorganized Mom.

Posted in Living, NatureTagged Bomb cyclone, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Flower, Snow storm, Spring break, Vacation, Winter30 Comments

Giving Each Other Space To Grow

Posted on February 4, 2019December 19, 2021 by Shannon

Tree sisters being respectful of each other's growth needs.

Posted in Living, Nature, TreesTagged Shumard (Red) Oak6 Comments

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