Venus & Jupiter

Don’t know if you’ve noticed but Venus and Jupiter, which are the brightest objects in the night sky after the moon, are appearing one on top of the other in the southwest as the sky begins to grow dark. Venus is the brighter of the two. Jupiter is above it. They set around 8 p.m. […]

Weather and Autumn Colors

The South Carolina Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest has a great blog. Changing Seasons is a recent post that tells how weather can affect autumn color. The fall colors, in my part of Beaufort County, have inspired me this year. I’d say peak color was 2 weeks ago but, there are still some pockets […]

Wow! Great Free Press :)

Bluffton Today’s education writer, Sara Wright, thrilled me with some free press. Thank you, Sara! Just click the Bluffton Today link above. To check out the front page (yes, I made it there too!), just move the blue button, to the left of the main article, up to the top. WoooHooo, star for a day […]

Nemours Plantation Field Trip

I held my inaugural nature journaling field trip, for past workshop participants, at Nemours Plantation on October 30th. Nemours, a private plantation, is located in northern Beaufort County and extends for 8 miles along the southern bank of the Combahee River. It lies within the ACE Basin – a low country treasure that includes approxamately […]