Posted in Florida Keys on May 7th, 2009 2 Comments »
We took off wednesday to meet up with friends for a day of kayaking at Curry Hammock State Park. Beautiful day! Kayaking through the mangrove tunnels was great until the tide went out and we were left slogging through a few scant inches of water, muck, and sea grass for the last mile or so [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Florida Keys on Apr 9th, 2009 11 Comments »
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”- Jawaharlal Nehru
Posted in Florida Keys, nature study on Apr 7th, 2009 10 Comments »
Because if you let him go down to the canal at that late hour with a flashlight and a dip net he just might come back with something like this: A HUGE spider crab! Trust me, this crab is much bigger than it looks in this picture. That is a 5 gallon bucket and this [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, nature study on Apr 3rd, 2009 8 Comments »
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Join Jennifer’s April Shower of Photos here.
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Florida Keys, nature study on Apr 2nd, 2009 16 Comments »
The weather has just been so gorgeous the past few days. Perfect for being outdoors. But what about school? Oh, yes. That. Well. I suppose we should do some of that, right? So yesterday we decided to use our new book, Seaside Naturalist: A Guide to Study at the Seashore, to identify some of the [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, JBug on Mar 25th, 2009 11 Comments »
What’s a mom to do? The sun is bright and it’s hot in this beach chair. Not sure I can stand laying here much longer. I think it’s time to call in some relief. Luckily I know just the little girl to call… Oh, water girl!!!! Water girl has a brand new watering can is [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, Superboy's projects on Mar 21st, 2009 15 Comments »
Superboy bought himself a cast net yesterday and spent some time today teaching himself how to throw it properly. The idea is to get the net to spread out in the air so it lands in a perfect circle as it hits the water. What seems simple and fairly straight-forward is actually a complex series [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, nature study on Mar 18th, 2009 8 Comments »
Just as I was starting to get the subarctic ecosystem worked out, we have a whole new set of flora and fauna to learn here in the tropics. Hooray! I love the challenge of learning something new! Now instead of moose families passing through our yard, we often see a flock of about twenty of [...]
Posted in Florida Keys on Mar 15th, 2009 6 Comments »
We finally got to meet up with our long-time, long-distance friends, the wonderful Jennifer, Hal, and Marianna of S/V Mari Hal-O-Jen fame! Yay! We have been planning to get together for so long, so what has been holding us back? Dilemma:Us at the top of the Keys, and them at the bottom. Solution: meet in [...]
Posted in Florida Keys on Mar 7th, 2009 9 Comments »
Though I’m not sure exactly what they would be…
