Water Workshop Grand Prize Woodland pond. Photo © Joanna Rufener. What goes on day and night at a calm, wooded pond in spring?It was a mystery to me, and this year I found out, thanks to Nature...
2022, 08 August
Study Guide Puzzles, August 2022
Spring Migration Photo Contest Grand Prize
Female Anna's Hummingbird. Photo © G. Allen Gustafson.
Lyra
Ring Nebula. Photo © NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScl/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Lyra, the Harp, is a small constellation that lies almost straight overhead on August evenings in the...
Spring Migration Photo Contest 1st Place
Northern Parula. Photo © Alva Steury Jr.
Warm Season Cover Crops
Sunn hemp. Photo © Dreamstime.com. One of the most important rules of gardening is to always be gardening. That doesn’t mean we need to keep ourselves in the garden every working day planting,...
Spring Migration Photo Contest 2nd Place
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, August 2022
Recipes: Banana Peach Oatmeal, Spanish Rice. Recipes: Sour Cream Raisin Squares, Summer Day Smoothie.
Spring Migration Photo Contest 3rd Place
Cerulean Warbler. Photo © Melvern Martin.
Capturing Flying Flash Butterflies
Meadow fritillaries and Queen Anne's lace. Photo © Steven Russell Smith. If you are like me, butterflies were the inspiration and springboard for your pursuit of serious photography. Through the...
Spring Migration Photo Contest Honorable Mentions
Least Bittern. Photo © Peter Shirk, 16. Barn Swallow. Photo © Alva Steury Jr. Rufous Hummingbird. Photo © Alvin Clair Auker. Great Blue Heron. Photo © Gabriel Schneider. Pileated Woodpecker. Photo ©...
Favorite Focus, August 2022
Wondernose: What animal has no head and no legs, yet weighs a quarter of a ton?
Giant clam. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Mind you, Wondernose, not all the animals of this kind weigh a quarter of a ton. They can vary in size from a fraction of an inch to four feet across.But how, you...
Focus Illustrated, August 2022
Glimpses of Pond Life
Water Workshop 2nd Place Sandhill Cranes. Photo © Dreamstime.com. “Let’s do this project.”We all agreed. What better time than now, with a pair of Sandhill Cranes nesting in our marshy pond?...
