When asked what I wanted to do on Mother's Day this year, I chose a nature walk at a place we have not explored. We brought along our camera, some specimen bags, and paper and pencils for sketching. (We forgot the new binoculars at home!)
Georgia told us about some of the wildflowers we saw on the way.
We saw some deer tracks, and different types of bugs and spiders.
and caterpillars...
and a toad...
that peed on my hand!
We saw some spittle bugs,
and some beautiful trees. This one was HUGE compared to the others. We wondered how old it could be.
Our walk lasted two and a half hours.
And we had a great time!
We didn't get a chance to sketch in the field. When we got home we looked through our specimens that we collected and sketched some entries in our nature journals.
Georgia studied some of the seeds she had collected and tried to identify what plant they were from. She also opened up some seed pods to see the seeds inside. We talked about different methods for seed dispersal. We even had some burrs on our pants which helped demonstrate the hitchhiker method.
The girls also painted me some pictures to hang in my bedroom!
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