View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Grand Prize In September, my family moved from WI to SC. The change was rewarding, difficult, and full of amazing discoveries as we...
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Month of March Artwork Winners
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Grand Prize Artwork © Caleb Miller. First Place Artwork © John Mark Ramer. Second Place Artwork © Esther Jones. Third Place Artwork © Nathaniel...
March Means Maple Syrup
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Writing Third Place Winner Photo © Ethan Rocke. The oozing mud was over a foot deep, and I was stuck in the middle of it. Revving the...
Let’s Take a Hike, March 2024: Townsend’s Warbler
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Month of March Photography First Place Winner Gracefully flitting about, this lovely Townsend’s Warbler perched on a rose tree outside my window. Warblers...
Let’s Take a Hike, February 2024: Lightning
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive My March Contest Lenspiration Second Place Winner March in Southern Africa marks the beginning of autumn. This is the rainy season in the eastern part....
From the Editor’s Quill, February 2024
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Last year we did a joint contest with Lenspiration photography students titled “My March.” Categories included, “Through my lens,” “Through my brushes,”...
Majestic March
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive My March Contest Honorable Mention White-tailed deer. Photo © Oseland|Dreamstime.com. The silent pre-dawn is blotted out by densely falling snow....
End of the Trail, February 2024: Tulip
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive My March Contest Lenspiration Third Place Winner Photo © Tabitha Parris.
Rainbow of Flowers
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Flower Bed Contest First Place Photo © Joyce Tschetter. We recently had an opportunity to visit the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, and my idea...
Our Flower Bed
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Flower Bed Contest Third Place Photo © Solomon Blair. This is our first year having a raised flower bed. My dad built it with treated 2x8 lumber and...
Bubbling Rock Flower Bed
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Flower Bed Contest Second Place Photo © Kristina Zimmerman. We had a patch of grass between our retaining wall and our walkway that was too small to mow...
To Make a Flower Arbor
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Flower Bed Contest Third Place April June September I decided to create my flower bed around an arbor. To make it, we bent a hog panel into an upside-down...
Flower Beds Designed to Delight
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Flower Bed Contest Grand Prize Tiger swallowtail on lantana. Photo © Regina Eby. Flower beds are the prettiest right after you’ve made all your flower...
The Escapade
“Slow and steady wins the race,” I rehearsed to myself for the who-knows-how-many-eth time as I inched my way around the splendid oak. With my chin to the horizon I searched determinedly, hoping to...
A Week at My Chosen Spot
My Chosen Spot contest Grand Prize winner Immature Red-vented Bulbul. Photo © Samuel Ching. When I saw the announcement in the July Nature Friend about the “My Chosen Spot” contest, I knew I should...