Nature
375 – Find Your Oasis and Weather Life’s Storms – Day 375 – Daily Content Challenge
Find Your Oasis and Weather Life’s Storms Find Your Oasis and Weather Life’s Storms – Day 375 – Daily Content Challenge Palm trees are a type of evergreen plant. There are over 2,600 species of palm trees that belong to the Arecaceae family of perennial flowering plants. These plants can grow as climbers, shrubs, tree-like…
Read More371 – Sharpen Your Senses – Day 371 – Daily Content Challenge
Sharpen Your Senses Sharpen Your Senses – Day 371 – Daily Content Challenge A desert is a place where almost no rain falls. Some have rocky hills and mountains while others have huge areas of sand or flat stony ground. Most deserts are arid and have sparse vegetation. There are four types of deserts. Subtropical…
Read More370 – Don’t Take Life for Granite! Rock On! – Day 370 – Daily Content Challenge
Don’t Take Life for Granite! Rock On! Don’t Take Life for Granite! Rock On! – Day 370 – Daily Content Challenge As a child growing up in the 1950’s, I was fascinated by the variety of rocks I would find in our backyard. My Dad made a wooden box for me with many compartments of…
Read More369 – Stretch Yourself and Soar Over Rough Waters – Day 369 – Daily Content Challenge
Stretch Yourself and Soar Over Rough Waters Stretch Yourself and Soar Over Rough Waters – Day 369 – Daily Content Challenge Pelicans are large water birds. There are seven or eight species of Pelicans characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey. Pelicans inhabit lakes, rivers, and seacoasts in…
Read More368 – Slow Down and Meander – Day 368 – Daily Content Challenge
Slow Down and Meander Slow Down and Meander – Day 368 – Daily Content Challenge By definition a river is a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river. It flows downhill over land due to the force o f gravity. A river can be deep…
Read More367 – Create Lasting Memories – Day 367 – Daily Content Challenge
Create Lasting Memories Create Lasting Memories – Day 367 – Daily Content Challenge Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! A quilt by definition is a decorative textile often used as a bed covering. It is made by stitching together a top, midde, and bottom layer of fabric. This process is called quilting. In general a quilt is made…
Read More366 – Be a Fun-guy! – Day 366 – Daily Content Challenge
Be a Fun-guy! Be a Fun-guy! – Day 366 – Daily Content Challenge A Mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus. Mushrooms are typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. The four types of mushrooms are saprotrophic, mycorrhizal, parasitic, and endophytic. There are many different types…
Read More365 – Keep a Sense of Adventure – Day 365 – Daily Content Challenge
Keep a Sense of Adventure Keep a Sense of Adventure – Day 365 – Daily Content Challenge Wilderness or wildlands are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity. Wilderness describes a place where humans have no presence. A wilderness is uninhabited or inhabited only by wild animals. Wilderness areas…
Read More364 – Live Life to the Fullest – Day 364 – Daily Content Challenge
Live Life to the Fullest Live Life to the Fullest – Day 364 – Daily Content Challenge The Moon is the brightest and largest object in our night sky. It is the Earth’s only natural satellite. It is about one-quarter the size of the Earth in diameter and it is the fifth largest moon in…
Read More363 – Have a Howling Good Time! – Day 363 – Daily Content Challenge
Have a Howling Good Time! Have a Howling Good Time! – Day 363 – Daily Content Challenge The Coyote is a species of canine that is native to North America. It is smaller and more lightly built than its close relative, the wolf. Coyotes mate for life. A newly mated pair establish a territory and…
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