On the front porch post is a bluebird box. The bluebirds raised two broods in that box this summer. Now they are done nesting, and the box serves another purpose…
Spiders
Pet Day! Forty Years Later
Who said a pet had to be warm-blooded and furry?
Spiders and Flies Word Search
Find the spiders and flies hidden in this word search puzzle!
Study Guide Puzzles, June 2026
Get even more from this issue with these educational puzzles!
Beneficials in My Garden
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The pea crop was bountiful. Buckets filled as we picked by the handful. But what was this crawling up my arm? A little green aphid dodged hairs as he...
My Quest for a Colorful Jumping Spider
When you observe God’s created organisms, like spiders, it’s easy to see that they are so intricate in structure, so amazingly complex in function, and so perfectly designed. Only God can do that!
Cows and Other Creatures of the Crypt
Does your yard seem boring this time of year because there are no bird songs or cricket calls or bees buzzing around the flowers?
In Which I Saw a Hole in a Lily Pad…
What made that hole? I wondered. There in the lily pad leaf was a quarter-sized hole. To satisfy my curiosity, I lifted an edge of the lily pad.
Creation Close-ups, September 2025
Enjoy our readers’ photo submissions from the July issue!
Creation Close-ups, May 2025
Readers’ photo submissions from the May issue.
Stronger Than Steel
Garden spider. Photo © Wayne Mckown/Dreamstime.com. We arrived home from a ten-day trip to an invasion of grasshoppers. With each step we took, a cloud of grasshoppers fled before us. They were even...
Creation Close-ups, July 2022: Pileated Woodpecker
A Glimpse at a Spider’s World
Jumping spider. Photo © Dreamstime.com. It was a pleasant late-summer day. I was helping my sister with the chores. We have a number of animals, so she appreciates help. Having finished my...
Focus Illustrated, November 2021
