2023, 04 April
Focus Illustrated, April 2023
Panoramas
Palouse Falls in Washington. Photo © John Friesen. There are a variety of aspect ratios used to display photographs and paintings. Some aspect ratios are fairly standard, like 1:1, 5:4, or 4:3. To...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, April 2023
A Garden of Herbs, Part 2
Last month we started with an herb used traditionally for tea. This month I’d like to do the same. Next to mint, chamomile is perhaps the most common tea herb grown in North America. Chamomile is a...
Study Guide Puzzles, April 2023
End of the Trail, April 2023: Fireweed in the Rockies
Wildflower Art Contest winner: Fireweed in the Rockies. Artwork © Maria Carver.
Animal Name Puzzles
Salamander Incubator
Spotted Salamander eggs. Photo © Dana Atkinson. “Sooooo squishy!” George exclaimed as he cupped a grapefruit-sized salamander egg mass in both his hands.His chuckles caused the jello-like cluster of...
Our Experience With Bee-z-z-z
“Woof, woof, woof!” The gruff barking of our Great Pyrenees/Anatolian Shepherd announced the arrival of an unfamiliar vehicle.“Who came?” I asked my younger brother. A quick look out the window had...
Sparks of Beetle Light
Along the roadside in a mass of morning glory plants, specks of gold flitted among the leaves. They moved fast and were hard to focus on, but with the sunshine on them, they were like sparks of...
Wildflower Art Contest Honorable Mentions
Moonflower. Artwork © Emily Hulbert. Red-winged Blackbird on cattails. Artwork © John Mark Ramer. Dogwood Dawn. Artwork © Hannah Stoltzfus.
You Can Draw a Yellow Warbler
You Can Draw a Wild Turkey Submissions
Mr. Spicebush
A close up of a 5th instar spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. Photo © iStock.com. The orange caterpillar inched along the stick. Every so often he paused to wave his head, looking around carefully...