I carefully shelled the 100 peanuts he had given me and planted them in the makeshift greenhouse on the south porch around three weeks before last frost… Last off all comes the best part…enjoying cheap peanuts.
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The Secret Lives of Night Herons: Nature’s Twilight Fishermen
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Black-crowned Night Heron. Photo © Allen Shank. As the sun dips below the horizon and most birds settle in for the night, another shift of hunters emerges...
Covers, March 2025
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Lets Take a Hike, March 2025: Comet
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). Photo © Yuri Beletsky Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) sets beside the dome of the 6.5-m Magellan Telescope at Carnegie’s Las Campanas...
One-In-a-Hole
Strong, gusty winds moved through our area early on Good Friday morning, even bringing a skiff of snow before daylight.After lunch, my son David, grandson Paul, and I hiked to the golf course that...
From the Editor’s Quill, March 2025
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Invisibles, March 2025: Coyote
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It’s Spring!
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive “For lo, the winter is past…the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come.” (Song of Solomon 2:11, 12)Yes, spring needs an...
Wondernose: What tree turns red twice a year?
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Of course you’re familiar with the sugar maples, Wondernose, and you know what beautiful scarlet, orange, and yellow leaves they produce in the fall. But...
Creation Close-ups, March 2025
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Pictures & Poems, March 2025
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You Can Draw a Wild Turkey Submissions
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You Can Draw a Sea Lion
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Along the California coast, springtime rings with the bellows of massive bull sea lions savagely fighting each other for territories in which to assemble...
Frog City
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Have you ever gone frog-spotting? Come along with me in your imagination! Even better, give frog-spotting a try at your nearby frog pond. It is one of the...