Archimedes Notebook

 Fall is here! How do I know? Things are falling all around: acorns, locust pods, chestnuts, maple leaves...   Here are just a few things to...

 ... or let some wild flowers grow in your garden or yard. Often, nature will provide plenty of flowers - plants that most folks call "...

  Sometimes when you get up close to a tree, you decide that maybe you don't want to shake it's hands! What sort of prickly trees do...

We still have a couple weeks before the official “first day of winter” but it can snow any time, so I want to share these fun books today. t...

 I've got some Very Sneaky Spiders hanging out in my garden and surrounding area! They don't advertise their presence by spinning st...

 We have not mowed yet ... because the lawn is filled with flowers. And some of those flowers provide pollen for the bees. And because, fran...

      Here's a few links to get you started: How to measure a raindrop  Follow a bumble bee  listen to bird songs  Peek under a log    

 Spring officially started last week, but depending on where you live, signs of spring may have been sprouting up since February. Maybe it...

  It's Pollinator Week so of course we're going to head out to look for some pollinators! How many of these can you find? Have Fun!...

 Last week - on the first sunny day since the rain (and maybe since the eclipse...) I headed outside to see who was up and about. Yes, there...

 Merry Solstice & Happy New Year 'Tis the Season to: Capture a snowflake Go on a texture field trip Follow tracks in the snow Look ...

 One of the best ways to get to know your local pollinators is to go outside and meet them. So today let's head out and meet some bees. ...

  Merry Solstice The Winter Solstice falls at 4:47 pm today This week take time to : capture a snowflake make treats for the birds take a te...

The dill in my garden is going to seed. That's what dill does if you leave it long enough... it produces flowers which, eventually, prod...

 The days may be getting shorter and (in some places) cooler, but there are still plenty of insects around. Butterflies, bees, grasshoppers,...

Got an eye for monarchs? The Xerces Society among other partners invites you to join a weeklong International Monarch Monitoring Blitz begin...

 Have you ever smooshed a marigold or buttercup across a page in your journal or sketchbook? Maybe it left a yellowish smudge… And while you...

 The change in seasons takes time. Sure, the snow can start melting sometime in March, and the first daffodil leaves push up like fat, green...

  The earliest wildflower on our hill is this one.  It may look like a dandelion... it's yellow it's shaggy  But it's not a dand...

 My usual walk takes me past a wooded spot, and I noticed this plant that had been hidden beneath the snow all winter. This weird double-ber...