The weather is gorgeous right now, and the flowers and trees are blooming. It’s a beautiful time of year, and we’ll be celebrating Easter this weekend too.
I love sitting outside on our front porch or taking a long walk through the neighborhood on days like this. Unfortunately, I also get allergies, and the last couple of days, it’s been bad. So I’m taking a break from going outside, and I’m staying inside with the air filter running…I feel much better. But how sad I am not outside!
I thought I might console myself by pulling out some of the best photographs I’ve taken over the years of our journeys and discoveries in nature. Some of them were taken in my yard. Others were taken at nearby parks or on trips. They bring back a lot of memories. They are my favorites, and I hope you enjoy them too.
Click a photo to enlarge and scroll through.
homeschooling nature lesson
This is where the dirt goes, right?
Unicoi State Park / Lake Loop Trail
Watson Mill State Park — discovering hundreds of tadpoles!
homeschool science class
fun times
Amelia Island, FL
Amelia Island, FL
Amelia Island, FL
Amelia Island, FL
taken at Ft. Yargo State park
gardening
raising tadpoles
Ladybug emerges from pupa
ellijay
Two Boys
Hard Labor Creek
Crape Myrtle
This is the 10yo!
North Georgia Mts.
twirls and swirls
Unicoi Lake
Mama of Letters signature bloom
Snake Day
Chicago Botanical Garden
Chicago Botanical Garden
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Gingko Bilboa – one of my favorite trees
snail
female ruby-throated hummingbird
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
American toad in our yard
Ft. Yargo State Park
Ft. Yargo State Park
Ft. Yargo State Park
Ft. Yargo State Park
Harris Shoals Park
Harris Shoals Park
Salamander along Smith Creek
near Unicoi
near Unicoi
near Unicoi
Egret’s Pointe / Edisto Island, SC
Edisto Island, SC
polyphemus moth in our yard
We love snakes! black rat snake
my favorite image
one of many mushroom photos I have taken
blue tailed skink in our yard
East!
counting rings
Helton Creek Falls
Luna moth on our corn — right during our moth interest!
praying mantis in our yard
ferns
Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
near Cloudland Canyon
cardinal nest outside our window
cardinal nest outside our window
cardinal nest outside our window
monarch on migration
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
pitcher plant
venus flytrap
somewhere in N. Georgia
black rat snake — we see a lot of these. They are harmless.
North Georgia Mountains
oakworm moth in the garden
I hope you’re having a beautiful and memorable springtime, and I hope you’ll tell me how you’re spending your recent/upcoming days. If you celebrate Easter, I wish you a Happy Easter. If you celebrate passover, I wish you a Happy Passover.
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What a beautiful collection of photos! Shame about your allergies! Some of my kids are suffering as well. I think mine are more fall allergies. I hope yours improve soon. Happy Easter weekend! We have been participating in our church’s PRINCE of PEACE campaign on mormon.org There is also a Holy Week timeline on there that is cool (just scroll down the home page to find it). We’ve been reading the scriptural account starting with Palm Sunday. On Easter we’ll go to church and then have a traditional ham and potato salad dinner afterwards.
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Thank you, Camie! I am feeling much better after a day inside. I think it was the right decision. Hopefully in a few days whatever I’m allergic to will dissipate. It sounds like you have a full weekend ahead! Have a lovely Easter with your family!
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I told my husband I feel like a bear coming out of hibernation as our snow finally started a serious melt a week ago and I have been outside more. Started seeds for the garden and cannot wait to plant. My eyes are a bit itchy this morning. Allergies are no fun. Hope yours get better soon. Happy Easter!
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