Category Archives: nature

Squirrels 8, Jan 42

Posted on August 15, 2020 by jyourist

I don’t mind sharing with the squirrels, but they take one or two bites and then leave the tomato to rot! I wish they would at least finish what is on their plate before they reach for another.

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Transformation under our noses and on the back porch

Posted on May 12, 2020 by jyourist

Photo by JB Late last fall, on JB’s walk home from the bus from the Botanic Gardens, he spotted a cocoon attached to the side of a building. Because he feared kids would be curious about it and likely destroy … Continue reading →

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Preparing the soil and planting

Posted on May 4, 2020 by jyourist

The weather for the past several days has been beautiful. I have been working in the garden. I have always loved working in the garden, but I find myself working more slowly and carefully these days, paying more attention, being … Continue reading →

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Push through the asphalt and cement

Posted on April 1, 2020 by jyourist

The photo above was taken by JB in our backyard. For the past 3 or 4 years, I have been planting old books around the garden, some of them from the days when I was teaching. There is something very … Continue reading →

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A splendid October day

Posted on October 6, 2016 by jyourist
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Lunching on Joe Pye Weed in the east garden

Posted on August 4, 2016 by jyourist
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Wow! Moby Dick

Posted on July 16, 2016 by jyourist

I just finished reading Moby Dick. For the first time. Somehow in school I was never required to read it. Somehow in all the reading I have done for my own personal pleasure since, I have never been enticed by … Continue reading →

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The day lilies have landed

Posted on June 24, 2016 by jyourist
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Respite from school

Posted on May 13, 2016 by jyourist

Yesterday a small group of students and I did some clean-up work in Washington Park not far from school. The weather was absolutely perfect— that mystical gray of almost rain without any hint of chill in the air. Armed with … Continue reading →

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Freshly picked fiddlehead ferns in dinner salad, tree peony, and daffodils

Posted on April 20, 2016 by jyourist
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