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Lorie Regenold<\/p><\/div>\n
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Perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n Marbled skies peek through the branches<\/em> Lorie Regenold<\/p><\/div>\n I see a fork in the road<\/em> White-tail Hundred Year Moment<\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t breathe<\/em> Wolf spider Creek<\/strong><\/p>\n Rushing, bubbling down my bed,\u00a0 <\/em> The peaceful sound of the stream flowing<\/em> Lucy’s Nature notes<\/p><\/div>\n Thick underbrush grasps for pale sunlight<\/em> Lucy Smith<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Swallowtail \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Nature<\/strong> Danielle Lee<\/p>\n Nature Notes –\u00a0 Hannah A.R.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Senses of the World<\/strong><\/p>\n Dobsonfly – photo\u00a0 byLorie Regenold<\/p><\/div>\n I see the brown tree<\/em> I feel the sun<\/em> I hear a caw<\/em> I taste the woods<\/em> Joey K.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Great Spangled Fritillary <\/p>\n Animals on Parade<\/strong> Henry Risser<\/p>\n Old Naturalist portrait <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Night Hike<\/strong><\/p>\n Bullfrog Walking in the woods<\/em> Calais A.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fungus – photo by\u00a0 Steven Barnier<\/p><\/div>\n Fire in the night<\/strong> Brody Hendershot<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 12th grade camp out – \u00a0 photo by Trey Waterman<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 80 teenagers for a week in the woods Hopkins Field Biology class. Sound a little scary?…… No cell phones or electronics, just being in the woods with kids who were totally open to the beauty that surrounded them…..\u00a0 it made … Continue reading
\nLike black veins leading to a rooted heart<\/em>
\nLeaves shield raindrops like hands cradling children<\/em>
\nFrom the earth as a fire lights the sky<\/em>
\nImpatient with lust for a night as black as coal.
\n<\/em>Ada Turman<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/trailLorie-1024x576.jpg\")
\nWondering which path I should take.<\/em>
\nThe dark woods with owls and raccoons<\/em>
\nOr a bright green meadow, with flowers and bees,<\/em>
\nI took the path to beauty and nature<\/em>
\nA path I\u2019ll never forget<\/em>
\nVienna A.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DeerFlag2Wade.jpg\")
L.wade<\/p><\/div>\n
\nDon\u2019t speak,<\/em>
\nDon\u2019t get lost.<\/em>
\nFour hundred years of history all covered in moss<\/em>
\nI tiptoe through the bushes \u2013 there\u2019s a deer<\/em>
\nStranger danger!<\/em>
\nThere\u2019s no time to hide<\/em>
\nOr to call the park ranger<\/em>
\nSo I turn on the dime and slip into the mud<\/em>
\nAwakening the frightful beast with a sloppy wet thud<\/em>
\nI try to run away but my foot gets<\/em>
\nCaught in brush and Bramble<\/em>
\nI tear away from nature\u2019s grasp in a desperate mad scramble<\/em>
\nThe deer charges<\/em>
\nI loosen my feet and sprint away<\/em>
\nUnder the shade of oak<\/em>
\nI couldn\u2019t tell night<\/em>
\nFrom day<\/em>
\nI broke away<\/em>
\nThe deer was gone; silence reigned<\/em>
\nThrough the mossy scape<\/em>
\nA bed of mushrooms lay in wait<\/em>
\nI knew I\u2019d made my escape<\/em>
\nSo don\u2019t breathe<\/em>
\nDon\u2019t speak<\/em>
\nAnd don\u2019t get shaken<\/em>
\nJust because the forest is quiet<\/em>
\nDoesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t awaken.
\n<\/em>Alex Patridge<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/spider-1024x912.jpg\")
Lorie Regenold<\/p><\/div>\n
\nGoing faster the farther I head<\/em>
\nOver rock and tons of sand,<\/em>
\nTraveling all across the land.<\/em>
\nPast frogs that leap and croak,<\/em>
\nAnd snakes that slither and gloat.<\/em>
\nFor I am the creek that rushes past<\/em>
\nBubbling and spraying everything in my path.
\n<\/em>Helena Mitchell<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/TreesStevenB-768x1024.jpg\")
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\nFlowers, trees and greens growing.<\/em>
\nFootsteps are wandering<\/em>
\nOn the quiet, peaceful path.<\/em>
\nTake it all in<\/em>
\nThe grass, trees, flowers and greens.<\/em>
\nAs each one has its story<\/em>
\nMother nature in its glory<\/em>
\nGracie Sundell<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LucyPosting-237x300.jpg\")
\nFrom thin stems reach fans of young leaves<\/em>
\nA gentle bed, fit for a bumblebee<\/em>
\nFrom shy sprouts spills royal bells<\/em>
\nAnd bright yellow blossoms reach to the trees<\/em>
\nWhom sit lifeless, waiting for a breeze<\/em>
\nSongbirds twitter furiously in the branches<\/em>
\nAt the clouds, at the sky,<\/em>
\nAt the squirrel that skitters by<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SwallowtailSteven-Barnier-1024x666.jpg\")
Steven Barnier<\/p><\/div>\n
\nI see animals running and jumping on the ground<\/em>
\nI hear many unique sounds in the woods<\/em>
\nEverywhere I walk I see trees
\nand emerald green leaves<\/em>
\nI see lots of flowers <\/em>
\nand feel like I have lots of powers<\/em>
\nI hope you know nature is everywhere.<\/em>
\nI love nature<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HannahPosting-616x1024.jpg\")
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DobsonflyLorie-1024x870.jpg\")
\nI see the hollow river<\/em>
\nI see that little bee<\/em>
\nMother Nature, the giver<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI feel its heat<\/em>
\nWhen the sun is done<\/em>
\nThe crickets make a beat<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThat comes from a crow<\/em>
\nThat\u2019s what I saw<\/em>
\nIt\u2019s a present without a bow<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI drank from a well<\/em>
\nIts like a house without a head<\/em>
\nThe birds sing like a bell.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vivi-1024x768.jpg\")
Vienna A.<\/p><\/div>\n
\nAnts are wondrous, like plants all around<\/em>
\nStars at night, animals do not have fright<\/em>
\nSongs heard by ear are quite clear!<\/em>
\nAn owl lays there, yes right there in the air<\/em>
\nAll around the river not a sound<\/em>
\nSo keep right there \u2013 Animals are always around<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BenJohnson-933x1024.jpg\")
Ben Johnson<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ViviBullfrog-300x225.jpg\")
Vienna A.<\/p><\/div>\n
\nListening to the birds<\/em>
\nHearing the sounds of nature<\/em>
\nLooking up at the trees.<\/em>
\nWalking on the path<\/em>
\nPointing out things to eachother,
\nswatting gnats
\n<\/em>In our faces.
\nWhat a beautiful night.<\/em>
\nThey are beautiful just like you and me!<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FungusSteveBarnier-998x1024.jpg\")
\nThe birds are singing<\/em>
\nSquirrels are chattering<\/em>
\nWater is flowing<\/em>
\nCrickets are humming,<\/em>
\nbugs are buzzing<\/em>
\nRustling leaves,<\/em>
\ntoads are crossing<\/em>
\nPeople are walking<\/em>
\nNo more city lights<\/em>
\nJust endless woods<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Trey-1024x768.jpg\")