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Postcards from Honduras
Published on 2012-02-12 13:29:40
On this blog we celebrate all the great nature here in the DC area, but I have a confession: we go away almost every winter. I'm a southerner who craves warmth and longer days, and Matt's a landscaper whose work gets pretty slow in December and January. This year, after heading to my hometown in Florida for Christmas, we headed even further south: to Honduras. It was a great trip -- below are some of my favorite photos. We've got lots more pictures here. And I'll try to get some new, local
LOOK FOR: Mica
Published on 2012-01-19 06:00:02
Photo credit: The Marvelous In NatureWhen I was a kid, I was fascinated by mica. Still am, really: the world could always use a little sparkle. And on many trails in the DC area, the soil is full of little sparkly bits of mica. Out of the trails we frequent, it seems most common on the Northwest Branch near Burnt Mills Dam on Colesville Road. Not only are the trails quite sparkly, but there are several sandy spots along the river where you can find larger pieces of mica. The paper-thin sheets
My Favorite Searches of 2011
Published on 2012-01-12 12:28:01
Some people find the Natural Capital in the darnedest ways. Every one of these seemingly-unrelated searches ended up on this website in 2011. Click on each link to find out where they landed, and see if you can figure out why. At least 42 goats. Photo credit: Toby Simkin funny looking people my deer feeder is better than yours purple bird poop Hunter S. Thompson Clara Barton cow intestines cool chemical reactions end of the world I'm not that girl female greek warrior I shook my family tr
