Meet the Neighbors: Mallard For the introduction to this series, see here. When many people think of ducks, they think of this species. They are common and live everywhere in the US. Unlike many other duck species that nest and raise their ducklings in Canada, mallards nest all over the place. The ducklings hatch out […]
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Meet the Neighbors: Carder Bee For the introduction to this series, see here. This is a carder bee. These bees “card” wool off of fuzzy plants like lambs’ ears to make a nice soft nest. Humans comb sheep’s wool before making it into things. This is called carding. It cleans and aligns the wool fibers.
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What’s in my Backyard? Backyard Safari: What Visits Sunflowers? For the introduction to this series, see here. Sunflowers are creature magnets! Today I went on a backyard safari. I spent about half an hour watching a clump of seven sunflowers for interesting creatures. In that short amount of time, all the creatures in the pictures
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What’s In My Backyard? Projects: Keeping a Nature Journal For the introduction to this series, see here. Keeping a nature journal is very important if you want to understand the wildlife in your backyard. It can be as simple as writing down what you see in the yard or as complicated as you like it
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What is the heart? It is the source of prayer. If our prayer does not come from the heart, it is worthless. And if our hearts are not close to God, we can not pray. Your heart is your dwelling place. It is the place where you live, where you rest. But if your heart
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How can someone put the words Easter and penance together? Isn’t Lent all about sorrow and penance and Easter all about joy and freedom? Lent is a time of preparation. We prepare to celebrate Easter with joy. But while it seems like most of us are pretty good at coming up with ways to do
The “How is Your Christian Life?” Quiz A challenge for each one of us Good Friday From a letter to the Hebrews 9:11-28 When Christ came as high priest of the good things which have come to be, he entered once for all into the sanctuary, passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not
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The “How is Your Christian Life?” Quiz A challenge for each one of us Holy Thursday Here is the second reading from the Office of Reading for Holy Thursday by St. Melito of Sardis. There was much proclaimed by the prophets about the mystery of the Passover: that mystery is Christ, and to him be
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The “How is Your Christian Life?” Quiz A challenge for each one of us Holy Wednesday Mass Readings from the USCCB Do you ever thank God for the gifts he has given you? Do you have a well-trained tongue? Is your ear open to God? Is 50:4-9a Is there anything that is more important to
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