Lighthouse artwork © Anna Boggs.
2023, 11 November
Birds…of a Different Feather
Male Great Frigatebird. Photo © Guenterguni|iStock.com. When we hear the word bird, our mind’s eye might see a songbird, a duck, or maybe a parrot—a familiar creature with wings, beak, head, tail,...
Favorite Focus, November 2023
Pine Warbler. Photo © Weston Martin, Greencastle, PA. Photo © Peter Shirk, New Columbia, PA. Eastern lubber grasshopper. Photo © Abigail Russell, Austin, TX. Green darner dragonfly. Photo © Colette...
Composition Considerations
Now that you have a subject in your viewfinder, what makes a pleasing composition?The answers will vary, and usually there is not a right/wrong way. First of all, what is being photographed? If it...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, November 2023
Yielding Seed After His Kind
I like seed catalogs! There are few pastimes more pleasurable in a January snowstorm than to curl up in front of the wood stove with a steaming mug and a stack of seed catalogs. Of course, seed...
Lacerta
Lacerta, the Lizard, is a small and little-known constellation that lies along the band of the Milky Way right between the constellations Cygnus and Cassiopeia. Although its stars are all rather...
Study Guide Puzzles, November 2023
Bugs and Slugs Word Search
Caption This Wolf
"Call me doggie one more time!" Photo © Kjetil Kolbjomsrud|Dreamstime.com. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The photograph will be used on the back of the March issue, along...
Bird Suet Recipes
Suet TreatMelt together:—1 cup lard—1 cup unsalted peanut butterAdd:—2½ cups oats—2½ cups cornmeal—Raisins, nuts, birdseed “Zick Dough” SuetMelt together:—1 cup lard—1 cup unsalted peanut...
Distant Starlight
Leo Triplet. Photo © Morris Yoder. As always when we learn more about God’s wonderful creation, we face mysteries that are hard to explain. It reminds us that the larger the sea of knowledge, the...
In Our Skies, November 2023: Meteor Showers
As Earth orbits the Sun, it passes between the Sun and the outer planets. Each time Earth passes between the Sun and another planet, that planet is said to be at opposition. This is because, from...
Covers, November 2023
