Today’s Ramble was led by Dale Hoyt.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post was written by Dale Hoyt.
Today’s Focus:
34 Ramblers met today.
Today’s reading:
Dale read the July 20th entry from An Almanac for Moderns by Donald Culross Peattie (1898 – 1964),
published in 1935.
Today’s Ramble was led by Dale Hoyt.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos, except where otherwise credited, in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post was written by Dale Hoyt.
11 Ramblers met today.
Today’s reading:
No reading today.
Today’s route:
Down the access road to the passionflower vines, then up the hill to the
prairie patch and then return to the Visitor Center.
Today’s Ramble was led by Linda Chafin.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post was written by Linda Chafin & Dale Hoyt.
Today’s Focus:
26 Ramblers met today.
Announcements:
Congaree National Park field trip: A small group of Ramblers
decided to visit Congaree National Park, outside of Columbia, SC, Nov. 9 – 11,
2018, stimulated
by a recent article in the New York Times. If any other Ramblers are interested in joining us you can find more details on our Announcements page.
Nature Rambler book club: Linda and Dale have been talking about a
book club that would focus on “nature” books, broadly defined. Before we get
started we need to find a free place to meet once a month. If you know of such
a venue please email suggestions with the Subject line “NR book club,” to Dale.
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| Catalpa “worm” (really a caterpillar) |
Show & Tell: Gary
brought in a “catalpa worm” aka “catawba
Today’s Ramble was led by Dale Hoyt.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post was written by Dale Hoyt.
24 Ramblers met today.
Today’s reading:
Don read a poem, Dance of the Butterflies by his Facebook friend Kristina Plaas.
Dance of the Butterflies
Today’s Ramble was led by Linda Chafin.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post was written by Linda Chafin (plants) & Dale
Hoyt (animals).
Today’s Focus:
Staying in the shade.
26 Ramblers met today.
Announcements:
Today’s Ramble was led by Dale Hoyt.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos in this post, except when otherwise credited, are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post was written by Dale Hoyt.
28 Ramblers met today.
Today’s reading: Richard read The
Summer Day by Mary Oliver.
Dale read the June 29th entry from Donald
Culross Peattie’s An Almanac for Moderns:
THE merest beginning upon a
little specializing in the
Today’s Ramble was led by Linda Chafin.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post was written by Linda Chafin.
25 Ramblers met today.
Today’s Reading: Linda read from African-American poet,
Marilyn Nelson:
Today’s Ramble was led by Linda Chafin.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post
was written by Linda Chafin.
18 Ramblers met today.
Today’s focus:
Staying in the shade.
Today’s reading:
Don read some folklore and a poem regarding the lore that Gen. Sherman and his
army were responsible for the spread of Ox-eye daisy in the southeast U.S.
Linda couldn’t help but comment that it’s clearly Yankee propaganda.
Today’s Ramble was led by Dale Hoyt.
Here’s
the link to Don’s Facebook album for today’s Ramble. (All the
photos in this post are compliments of Don.)
Today’s post was written by Dale Hoyt.
28 Ramblers met today.
We were happy to welcome Don back. He’s looking slim and
healthy and is ready to go!
Today’s reading:
Dale read part of the May 31 entry from An
Almanac for Moderns, by Donald Culross Peattie.
Today’s Ramble was led by Dale Hoyt.
All the photographs of today’s ramble, except where
otherwise credited, were taken by Ted LaMontagne; they can be seen on the SBG
Nature Rambling Facebook album.
Today’s post was written by Dale Hoyt.
26 Ramblers met today.
Today’s reading:
KathyLynne read a poem by Maxine Kumin: