Enjoy our readers’ photo submissions from the July issue!
2025, 08 August
You Can Draw a Mockingbird Submissions
Children’s submissions for You Can Draw a Mockingbird lesson.
Favorite Focus, August 2025
Check out our readers’ favorite photos from the past month!
Creating a 3-D Resin Bloom
Today, we’re going to create a burgundy resin flower suspended in a clear resin coaster…
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, August 2025
Bacon-wrapped Chicken…Mom’s Macaroni Salad…Okra Brownies…Grasshopper Pie
My Garden Bench
Little did I know that the broken swing seat would become one of my favorite garden features ever…
Using a Small-animal Studio
The frisky little chipmunk paused by a log to eat a morsel of food. From only two or three feet away, I was clicking photos of the rambunctious chipmunk!
Study Guide Puzzles, August 2025
Complete the acrostic and learn the name of the smallest species of giant silk moth!
End of the Trail, August 2025: Cedar Waxwing
A moment in the life of a beautiful Cedar Waxwing.
Mammals of North America
Test your mammal knowledge!
Exploring Nature, August 2025
Puffin rescue…migrations… August nature highlights.
The Silent Dance of the Luna Moth
On a peaceful spring evening, as the sun descended behind the towering maples and oaks of Pennsylvania’s deciduous forest, I witnessed one of nature’s most enchanting displays…
Nice-looking Weeds? In the Flower Beds?
I like weeds—for good reason I think. It’s because I see so many incredibly interesting things when I’m among the weeds. But the problem is, I like the looks of weeded flower beds and garden…
You Can Draw a House Wren
In six steps, you can draw a House Wren too!
Lyra
Lyra, the Harp, is a small constellation that lies almost straight overhead on August evenings in the mid-northern latitudes…