In Pursuit of Wonder

Standing under a black walnut tree, looking up, even the smaller trees seem so tall. The gray trunks are incredibly straight, perhaps for this reason they appear so tall and impressive, even awe inspiring. A field guide describes the bark as being brown to black, they are more gray to…

I spent the afternoon and evening over at the other house, I didn’t have the courage yet to tell them my turtle had died. I allowed the busyness and noise of the house to distract me, an hour or so slipped past. Aleesha had gone outside for a moment and…

Jordan, the rescued turtle, died this week, most likely sometime on Monday though we didn’t confirm it until Tuesday morning. My mind was busy and preoccupied Monday night when mom told me she didn’t think Jordan was doing well. I thought perhaps he was sleeping. I went to bed with…

On Monday, Malachi, followed by four of his sisters, brought a female gold finch into my house. The beautiful bird was securely perched on Malachi’s index finger. They had been inspired by my taking in the turtle, Jordan, I think. Elena and Therese had found and rescued the injured finch.…

Have you ever gotten down on a grasshopper’s level and look it full in the face? They are such crazy looking creatures. They seem to have character and personality as they peer at you with their very large, compound eyes which take up most of their face. Antennae stick out…

My stomach churned and rolled, I felt almost faint. My nervousness was nearly visible, thankfully I hadn’t started shaking yet. Anxiety overwhelmed me. Tears were threatening to burst forth. I was irritable, edgy and on the verge of cranky. My throat was dry, my thirst seemed unquenchable. I wanted the…

Captivated, our eyes were fixed on the awesome feat happening before us. It seemed to be occurring in slow motion, or rather almost outside of real time. The movement so fluid, so graceful that it left us awestruck and speechless, not because we didn’t want to talk about it but…

I set out from the house yesterday morning, my eyes still blurry from sleep. I rounded the deck and headed down the driveway towards the road, going on my nearly daily walk. The early morning is a wonderful time to go for a walk. It is very peaceful; most of…

Yesterday, my sister happened to look out the dining room window and saw a bunch of bees around a native prairie plant from Wisconsin that we can’t identify. Her first thought was that they were my honeybees and pointed them out. Of course I grabbed my camera and went to…