My botanical desk – Autumn nature diary
“Nature never did betray…The heart that loved her…For she can so inform the mind that is within us.” From The Nature Notes of an Edwardian …
Autumn
Collecting Autumn Leaf Colours
The flowers are fading but the colours of autumn are blooming right now. I gave my kids a simple task when we headed off for …
Just a walk in the Autumn mist
“I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.” Autumn by Thomas Hood An early Sunday morning in October …
Long Pond Greenbelt Nature Adventure
Stretching across the Southfork in the Hamptons is a series of coastal plain ponds, marshes and wetlands known as the Long Pond Greenbelt. My children …
What’s the difference between a pond and a lake? They asked.
What’s the difference between a pond and a lake? My children recently asked. I decided to answer their question yesterday. I needed to press the …
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My 10 step guide to Halloween in the Hamptons
My kids were just expecting to do some trick or treating and wear their spooky costumes but they experienced a full-blown wild day of celebrations …