Category Archives: Notes from Nature Blog

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. ~Loren Eiseley This week the students of CMH will be exploring the large pond on the CMH grounds. With nets, buckets, hand lenses, field guides and checklists they will find what plants and animals live in the watery habitat right outside our school…

Spring Beautification Day volunteer event This past Saturday as I was driving up O’Bannonville Road to CMH for the Spring Beautification Day volunteer event, I couldn’t help smiling at the sight of the showy blooms in the trees in yards lining the way: Saucer Magnolia, Star Magnolia, Plum, Serviceberry, Pear, and Redbud. I felt darn…

Warm gusts of spring "The air and the earth interpenetrated in the warm gusts of spring; the soil was full of sunlight, and the sunlight full of red dust. The air one breathed was saturated with earthy smells, and the grass under foot had a reflection of the blue sky in it." - Willa Cather…