The other day when the first grade was taking a nature walk on campus, there was a special visitor.  With the binoculars, first graders were observing the swirling array of both black vultures and turkey vultures above the soccer field.  We noticed the turkey vultures with their two-toned wings, classic v-shape formation, and ability to […]

At some point in my youth, my mom one day attached a clear suction cup and a clear plastic bird feeder to our kitchen window.  Magically, birds began to appear regularly, zooming in and out, snagging the food supplied by Mom and then seeking refuge in the nearby birch tree.  As winter progressed in upstate […]

We recently had the joy (maybe not for everyone) of a fresh blanket of snow on our region.  The Friends School campus was decorated with this beautiful, fresh layer of snow. The Kindergarten class and I read Snowflake Bentley (about a Vermont man who discovers that each snowflake is different) and then went outside with sheets […]