Tag: nature
member name: Verie Sandborg
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April 06, 2009 07:49 PM EDT --
Earth Day 2009 is coming. When did Earth Day begin? Why have an Earth Day? The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. It was led by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, coordinated . . .
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March 30, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
Bird life was scarce on yesterday's nature hike, but our tramp through the woodlands at Kenosha County's Petrifying Springs Park in Southeastern Wisconsin was still a huge success. Walking . . .
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May 30, 2007 05:01 PM EDT --
The 17-year periodical cicadas are returning en masse to the Chicago bioregion. But this is no plague of locusts to be feared. Rather, it is an ecological occasion to be observed and enjoyed.
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June 11, 2008 01:00 PM EDT --
According to Jerry, my Michigan pharmacist brother, the second most frequent question pharmacies get after "What have you got for a cold?" is "What have you got for poison ivy?" . . .
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August 19, 2006 09:39 PM EDT --
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
A prairie plant that likes wet areas, the stems of Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) grow 3-8 feet. Note the top two leaves enclose the stem to form a cup that . . .
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July 10, 2006 03:17 PM EDT --
The European starling is a common, medium-sized, short-tailed, dark bird that resides year-around across the U.S, most of Canada and into Mexico, as well as in its native regions in Europe. In winter, . . .
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October 20, 2005 08:39 AM EDT --
I recently participated in the National Geographic's Genographic Project. I found the experience interesting, informative and fun to do. The May 2005 National Geographic magazine describes the project . . .
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November 17, 2006 03:46 PM EST --
With the sun low in the sky and less hours of daylight, November finds nature settling in for winter in the northern regions of the Northern Hemisphere. This is the time for those of us who live . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:27 PM EST --
Today was a great day for birding at Middlefork Savanna, which the nature hike class I take explored this morning. The College of Lake County (Illinois) nature hike class meets about 30 Saturday . . .
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March 20, 2006 01:33 PM EST --
The sun returns
And warms the earth and its denizens
To stir the riot of Spring
Into being.
Tree sap begins to flow,
Preparing trees
To burst into bloom and leaf.
Wildflower roots
Juice up,
Ready . . .
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June 15, 2006 11:05 PM EDT --
After a night of heavy rain, Saturday morning arrived fresh with blue sky, scattered puffy white clouds and bright, light sun. Our band of seven like-minded nature lovers walking the trails at Grant . . .
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September 20, 2006 04:10 PM EDT --
Stretching along the shores of Lake Michigan about 55 miles north of downtown Chicago and a few miles south of the Wisconsin border lies an ecological wonder, Illinois Beach State Park. Covering . . .
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September 26, 2006 09:02 PM EDT --
Discovering a seminal sentence or paragraph to enlighten my thoughts helps me live life more authentically by showing me a different perspective and new possibilities. Below are some of these "pearls . . .
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