Nature

Whales, Whales and more Whales
It was the summer of 2017. The month of June! This proved to be one of the most exciting vacation trips of my life. I have traveled to a lot of exciting places in the world, however I found so much joy right here in the United States of America. I and about 38 plus family members embarked on a family cruise to Alaska. We all flew to Seattle where we toured for a few days before we boarded the ship. Once on board, our excitement truly began. We had the most fun of our entire lives. This trip helped to bond our family even closer and to this day we try to take at least one big family trip a year. (Of course, this trip was BC; Before Covid-19) The remarkable thing about this trip was all the beautiful pictures we captured of animals, bears, seals, eagles, and whales. We flew over numerous monuments and glaciers.
By Linda Chandler-Jacobs5 years ago in Earth
Celebrating My Farmer Nick Journey During National Gardening Week. Top Story - June 2021. Created with: Fiskars.
It only took 32 square feet to change my life. That’s how big the plot of land was in my childhood backyard where I first learned to garden. We had lost a tree during Hurricane Sandy two years prior, and that patch of Earth had laid bare and forgotten ever since, that is, until my mother posed this question to me:
By Farmer Nick5 years ago in Earth
The nature weather is nice outside!
Well, the weather outside is pleasant, but that doesn't have to ruin the exercise routine you've been enjoying since spring, even if you love to exercise outside. Of course, as always, there are some guidelines to follow when exercising outside from the home in extreme weather.
By CK blog5 years ago in Earth
Regal, Yet Also Ridiculous. Top Story - June 2021.
King Henry VIII had a bum-wiper. And if you're wondering what the heck that has to do with a somewhat strange photo of an elk, hang with me because we're going on a bit of a ride.
By Linda Caroll5 years ago in Earth
Finding a Buck
Washington, D.C., our nation's capital, is rich with people and locations that invoke the past, resonate with the energy of the present, and hint at the future of our country. During my time living in Northern Virginia and working in the District, I enjoyed many walks through the bustling city viewing memorials to heroes of our past while brushing shoulders with individuals who were working for a better today...and tomorrow.
By Leigh-Anne Dennison5 years ago in Earth
Gardening
The act of growing your own food or tending to plants in a garden is an act of love. Bell Hooks, an activist, and writer that I admire says in her book, All About Love: New Visions, that “Love is ‘the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.’” (Hooks 1999). Apply this statement to gardening and we can see that when we are gardening we are extending ourselves (our energy and time) to nurture the growth of the plant, the soil, and the creatures living within the garden. And what does this realization teach us about ourselves, our community?
By Carli 5 years ago in Earth
The Forager
My internal alarm clock wakes me up to another early morning; I stretch as I rise. I move past my sister who is just stirring. We both have a lot of work to do today, as we did yesterday and the day before. I move quietly through our home as I prepare to leave, not wanting to wake anyone.
By Shelby Rider5 years ago in Earth
Birds of Eden
Legend has it that an $800.00 black pearl earring is hiding somewhere in Birds of Eden, the world’s largest free-flight aviary in South Africa.
By Jess5 years ago in Earth
The Singing of Summer
The tweeting of a bird....no, not that blue icon for the platform geared and driven by hate, racism, and fake news. The bird is found in the forest, high above the world in the mountains, high up in the trees of strong and glorious pines or soft and swaying maples. Lilacs and daisies prance their dance and sing with the bird ever so softly as the movements of the wind bring to them a sound of pure joy and ecstasy. Such peaceful bliss I find in the summertime mountains. Such resounding and infinite bliss, such erotic spiritual awakening I find within myself, pleasuring not my flesh but the very core of my soul. Published are the works of many a great poet, storyteller, artist, musician but the greatest song to never be recorded in it's full beauty is truly the song that nature sings as winter fades, spring germinates the seeds of life, and summer resurrects the dead hope that we have lost in the cold months before. The song of the bird starts this melody and begins the great concerto of summer, but it is only the opening voice of this sweet lyrical hymn of Summer.
By Zenith5 years ago in Earth
The Pounce
As the sun shone on the grasslands and warmed the treeless ground, an ocelot crouched in the tall grass. He moved his paws through the closely clumped-together blades, trying to touch the ground as quietly as possible. He couldn't afford to make even the quietest of sounds. He had a target to pin to the ground and there was no chance he was going to let it get away under his watch. He had promised himself he was going to practice stalking and get better at hunting on his own to prove to himself that he could do it, and he would be as quiet as it took to make that happen. To minimize the rustling of the grass, he used the pads of his paws, moving forward as slowly as he possibly could. He kept his gaze straight ahead of him, his eyes focused on his primary objective and his head completely stationary. He wasn't going to break his concentration under any circumstances. He was going to get this right.
By Jamie Lammers5 years ago in Earth
An evening with a true Seaholic 🐾
Last November, soon saying goodbye to the lockdown, I wanted to breathe some fresh air. The place to think which has the power to soothe me, just listening and observing its beauty was THE SEA. I think this connection comes from my childhood as I was born and raised in a beautiful village by the sea in Sri Lanka. The sea was a friend of mine who knew the art of refreshing my mind and soul. Yes I'm a seaholic.
By Lankani Croos5 years ago in Earth
The Hawk Moth
A Hawk moth first appeared on my living room window one evening last year in the spring time. The following morning I noticed another sitting on the window of my car. I had to lift him off with gentle coercion onto my hand but again the next morning another was sitting again on the window of my car. I had never seen anything like it before.
By Kassandra Coghlan5 years ago in Earth