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...
2023
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...
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...
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...
Bugs and Slugs Word Search
Study Guide Puzzles, 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...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, November 2023
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...
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...
You Can Draw a White Rhinoceros Submissions
Covers, October 2023
Let’s Take a Hike, October 2023: Tiger Swallowtail
Tiger swallowtail on lilac. Photo © Faithe Delmore.
I’m Hungry!!!!
Juvenile American Robin. Photo © Kristen Stombaugh. “CHIRP! . . . CHIRP!”What kind of bird sounds like that? I wondered.I was in waist-high grass a couple of yards from an electric fence when I...
