Have you ever noticed how nature and history study often go hand in hand?  A recent trip to McConnell Springs in Lexington, KY was yet another nature/history trip that was full of great fun AND learning! A nature trail leads you on a beautiful walk to find the springs, creeks and other historical markers that [...]

A local museum offers classes a few times a year that are always lots of fun!  The theme this time was butterfly batiks.  It was such a great springtime art project, I thought I’d share it with you.  I’ll take you through the steps below, but you’ll be looking at three different butterflies since I [...]

We’ve been on the hunt for signs of erosion this month during our nature walks – and what a treasure we found!  KY is known to have several cave systems because of the large amount of limestone rock that makes up the foundation.  We also live near a large creek, have found many springs on [...]

I just posted about our recent nature walk focusing on erosion and weathering at Shining Dawn Books.  Go see!

It’s time to fess up.  February turned out to be a really cold and snowy month in Central KY.  Even with a bad case of cabin fever, we didn’t get out very much to study conifers like we had planned.  One beautiful snowy day we did take a photography walk and here are a few [...]