Archimedes Notebook

 I walk in all kinds of weather, but taking pictures in the rain is tough. So I like to wait until the rain stops, and then capture those e...

One thing about Virginia Creeper is that it likes to climb. Fence posts, trees, the speed limit sign where our road turns off from the hi...

April is a rainy month - but you can still explore nature. Whether it's your backyard or front walk, or even plants growing on your balc...

The world looks different in the rain. Clouds seem to hang closer to the ground. The earth smells greener, fresher. So if you've got s...

It's been rainy this past month (snowy, too) - but still, on those not-too-wet days I've loved heading outdoors to see what is happe...

Watersong by Tim McCanna; illus. by Richard Smythe 32 pages; ages 4-8 Simon & Schuster, 2017 themes : nature, rain, ecosystems ...

There’s always water vapor in our air. Sometimes it collects in clouds and then, when it gets heavy enough, falls to earth as rain. Mo...