Thursday, August 13, 2009

Summer Volunteer Project

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To retain my Master Naturalist certification, I'm required to complete a minimum of 40 volunteer service hours. The Monarch Larva Monito...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Another Miscellaneous Monday

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There's a special event coming up and you're invited to attend if you can answer "yes" to these 3 simple questions: 1) Do ...
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Friday, August 7, 2009

Survivor Stories

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Today was the Fillmore County "Relay for Life" event down in my hometown. I found out last week that my dad was scheduled to speak...
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

30 Days Are Done

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My 30-day chemo cap challenge officially ended today. I started this project on July 8th and posted about it here . The question at that tim...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Ain't She Purty??

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I had a nice surprise waiting for me in the monarch ranch when I got home from work this morning.......my first monarch butterfly for 2009 h...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Another "First" for Me

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A couple weeks ago we put the trail cameras up in our deer hunting area and we went down to check for pictures tonight after supper (no pict...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Fawns!!

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Well, I had some photos ready for a nice boring post about wildflowers, rainbarrels and a dogbane beetle, when these spotted cuties showed u...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Cruisin' for a Cause

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Sunday, July 26th turned out to be a perfect day for a 112-mile motorcycle rally to benefit Rochester's Ronald McDonald House. There was...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Let the weekend begin.....

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We had some big thunderstorms in the area yesterday. In the town where my Mom and Dad live, the roof was blown off the local cafe -- a not-s...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Now Open - Monarch Ranch 2009

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As one of my Master Naturalist projects this summer, I'm volunteering at Quarry Hill Nature Center on Wednesday nights collecting data o...
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Ruthie & Sophie's Not-So-Excellent Adventure

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The subtitle of this post is: "The #1 thing you and your dog DO NOT want to experience at 3:00 AM!" (see photo below) In the almos...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Rare "Bird" Sighting

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You all know that airports are good places to see rare birds, right? Well, this weekend Rochester International Airport is the best place in...
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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Backyard Surprise

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When we got home from a motorcycle ride this evening, we were greeted by the sound of several seriously distraught robins chirping in the y...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

30 Chemo Caps in 30 Days -- Can She Do It?

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I decided to keep a visual record of the progress on my 30-day chemo cap challenge. Every day I finish a cap, I'll post a picture, so yo...
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