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We’re making progress. All the plants are being chosen by Tammy to attract butterflies, bees and similar pollinators. The lower garden (a shade garden) is designed to be a refuge for birds with fresh water and open dirt for bathing. Tammy I’m sure will create a more in depth entry on our [...]
The weekend before Eric went to sea we went to the 29th annual Sea Music Festival at the Mystic Seaport. Thankfully we heard singing across the estuary coming from the Seaport while we were out for our Friday evening walk. We checked the website and found the event was all weekend. Up until now, we [...]
The residuals of English classism can be seen everywhere. Quite often I feel like we are re-enacting something out of Pride and Prejudice. People are supposed to stay within the sphere in which they’ve been bought up. The haves are the masters and the have-nots are the servants and tenants.
A few years ago, I went [...]
Rest — Notice the swallow behind and to the left of the boys.
Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Last weekend we went to the Mystic Seaport’s 29th Annual Sea Music Festival, (more on the music later) we all had a blast at the festival and Johann had a grand time. One of the things he always wants [...]
Bleeding Heart
Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
I love languages and learning about the origins of words and phrases. I collect quotes. I also love gardens. It shouldn’t have been surprising at all, but it just dawned on me that the majority of my quote collection is linked to gardening in some way. One of my particular [...]
Monarch Caterpillar
Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
This was from a few years ago, but it relates to today as well. It is a late instar monarch caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) about 10 of which Johann raised as a summer project. The hardest part was finding their food. The caterpillars eat milkweeds, which, being weeds, most people [...]
Image from Sea Notes.
My family loves Lobster, especially Mom and me. Whenever they come east to visit there is one meal we know we will always have… lobster. Now there is a great way to support independent lobstermen and women - buy a trap or a share of a trap direct from from. Sea Notes [...]
I’m sitting in the Midas shop all afternoon, brakes on all four corners needed replacing. We knew it was going to be coming, but it still comes as a shocker. Fortunately I was able to get some work done up on a Plone test site for the department, and catch up on email. I got [...]
Eric and Johann keep life full of surprises. Besides our normal insanity, three funny things happened this week that I had to write about. A few days ago Johann made up another joke. What do you get when you cut a $100.00 bill in half? My answer was scrap paper. He said you get two [...]
Ok…if you want to find out what a Caprellid is without the family spin skip to the bottom.
One of the family’s big presents this year was a nice zoom dissecting microscope with a set of 50 metazoan and 50 plant biology classroom slides. Johann and Tammy have been going through a few prepared slides per [...]
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On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science by Felice Frankel
Marine Reserves: A Guide to Science, Design, and Use by Jack Sobel
