Category Archives: Connecting to Nature

Winter Birds

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Lawrence Wade

All photos by Old Naturalist Download the Winter Birds response sheet. Answer the questions using the text below. Click here for the Winter Birds PDF. Not all northern birds migrate south for the winter. A few birds eliminate the dangers … Continue reading →

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Orquideario La Encantada Oaxaca Aventuras # 2

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Lawrence Wade

Cerca del pueblocito de Huayapam en el estado de Oaxaca, Méxíco es un tesero escondido. Se maneja por un camino de tierra y detrás de una puerta se encuentra una reserva de orquídeas, se llama, ‘Orquideario La Encantada’. Nuestro guía … Continue reading →

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Spring Is Cancelled – Nature is not!

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Lawrence Wade

Thanks to all of the contributors to this post: Sabrina Harvey, Mary Goehle, Jules Ikhaml, and Jenny Boldt. Many of us living in the North Country are pretty sure that Spring is not going to come. But, there are those … Continue reading →

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Road Less Traveled

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Lawrence Wade

Photos and text by Josh Lewandowski and Hue (pronounced Way) Dao. Follow Josh and Hue’s  yearlong adventure:     @joshlewandowski    @hue2go You know the pictures, the ones with high-top econolines, moneyed sprinters, and colored vanagons perched precariously on lonely canyon rims or … Continue reading →

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Winter Nature School – Mystery Hike # 3

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Lawrence Wade

This week on our nature hike, we will look for a number of mysteries that need to be solved. What to Do: 1. Participate virtually by watching the YouTube video below. 2, Take a screen shot or a sketch of … Continue reading →

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Imbolc- From Darkness Towards the Light

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Lawrence Wade

Imbolc, Candlemas or Groundhog’s day has always been one of my favorites because the light returns in the seasonal cycles that earth travels in. It is the hope of springtime and warmth. A time to begin planning and planting and … Continue reading →

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Discover Something Wonderful

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Lawrence Wade

Little Miracles – Holly Einess Sometimes I get to spend time with a creature that seems too cool to be real. While walking at the MN Landscape Arboretum last July I glimpsed a hovering something drinking nectar from swamp milkweed … Continue reading →

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Cierva Cove, Antarctica

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Lawrence Wade

Photos and text by Jane Ball. Jane is a frequent contributor to the Old Naturalist. She has traveled the Earth and is a true guardian of our Planet. To me, Cierva Cove in Antarctica is one of the truly magical places … Continue reading →

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Open Ocean Odysseys

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Lawrence Wade

Readers Robert Pitman, James Cotton, Diane Kaplan, Jen and Jordan Ganley share their stories about being at sea. Mom’s the Word Robert Pitman, Whale Biologist, NMFS I was aboard a Japanese research vessel and we approached a pod of sperm … Continue reading →

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Mind in the Waters

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Lawrence Wade

Some of us would rather spend our lives underwater. The welcome arms of nature allows us to become part of something that is greater than ourselves. Editor note: Click the photo to get a full screen view.     Poetry … Continue reading →

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