some photos of our august through early october rambles.
Hazel reading with her great grandmother Isabelle.
Lena and her grandmother Gillian drawing together
a
hornworm on a pepper plant on our back deck. discovering this felt like
we'd been living with a moose in our living room. very big!
Paul's grandmother Isabelle during a visit in August.
Paul's dad Alan in August.
Celebrating Morgan's birthday with a plant-encrusted cake and family
trouble for our little hornworm (cocoons made by parasitic wasps) - fascinating and a tad bit horrific
first day of school
the ghosts of scallops past at the florida museum of natural history during a visit Paul took there in late august
payne's prairie, micanopy, fl
payne's prairie, micanopy, fl
payne's prairie, micanopy, fl
payne's prairie, micanopy, fl
bats filling the august sky on the university of florida campus
hazel and riley in late august. our big orange man died in september. he was real sweetheart and we miss him alot
parasitic wasps hatching
wildflower garden at hawk mountain
hazel drawing plants with morgan
botanical illustrations with kiddos
celebrating lena's birthday in early september
adventures
at spalding conservancy near our house - a few minutes after this was
taken hazel was almost mowed down by not one but two very large bucks.
yikes
lena's homemade pinata at her birthday party
lena's homemade pinata at her birthday party
rambles in the test valley in southern england one afternoon after a workshop paul participated in in early september
american gothic at lena's birthday party complete with pinata and wacking broom
rambles in the test valley in southern england one afternoon after a workshop in early september
part way through restaining the deck at our house
our garage after a major overhaul of the front facade just in the nick of time (i.e., before it came crashing down!)
morgan
received a grant from to implement
some really cool stormwater management practices at our house. here is
the early stages of the installation of the rain garden by our garage
morgan's native plants in the front yard
Plants going into the raingarden
mid-september found us in calvert county, md for a weekend fieldtri
plants going into the raingarden
mid-september found us in calvert county, md for a weekend fieldtrip
paw paws, calvert co., md
chesapeake bay, calvert co., md
ten million year old shell beds exposed along the western shores of the chesapeake bay
miocene sediments, calvert co., md
experiments with origami
view of the susquehanna river from the pinnacle, lancaster co.
the pinnacle, lancaster co
creatures in the woods
susquehannock state park
lena rambling through the woods with her beloved dog
fall fungi
not sure what this is (other than very cool!)
crazy birders
