In Poe’s ‘The Gold Bug’, it is a strange gold beetle that lies at the heart of the tale. This story haunted me from youth {…}
Posted on May 29th, 2009 by Kenton Whitman
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The Gold Bug
Wild About Nature Featured on Nature For Kids!
Imagine our pleasant surprise when we visited one of our favorite blogs and discovered that they had just featured our Wild About Nature blog on their site! Nature For Kids is devoted to inspiring families and children to get out into nature and have great adventures. Although we don’t have children ourselves yet, we have […]
Posted on May 28th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Odd Migrations
Be sure to check out our Adventure Journal this week — we had the dubious honor of rescuing a baby cow from Certain Death by Train. Yesterday we saw a strange sight. We were driving home in a northernly direction, when we saw a long formation of Canada Geese flying alongside us. Soon they were […]
Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Rebecca Whitman
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I and the Bird #100
We are proud to have our article Flying Crows featured at I and the Bird #100. This carnival was hosted at The Nature Blog Network, and features tons of great bird posts. Be sure to pay a visit!
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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International Wolf Center
Guess what? We now have a literary agent for our upcoming book! You can learn more about Kenton’s turkey-chasing adventures and his writing here.
To celebrate, we went up to northern Minnesota and spent a quiet weekend with Rebecca’s mother and her boyfriend. It was all loons, quiet waters, and sparkling, starry nights. On our way back, we had the pleasure of visiting the International Wolf Center {…}
Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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A Grand Canyon in Our Backyard
The Grand Canyon is considered one of the great marvels of nature because it is simply overwhelming . . .
Posted on May 13th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Red Fox Kits
Our good friend Jen recently led us out to see a marvelous discovery she had made — fox kits! We sat and watched {…}
Posted on May 5th, 2009 by Kenton and Rebecca
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Variations on a Theme: Hepatica nobilis
This is one of our first spring flowers in Wisconsin, and comes in a delightful array of variations. We found all of these within a few paces of each other.
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by Rebecca Whitman
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Everyone Loves Maple Sap!
While visiting my brother in Madison, Wisconsin recently, we had the pleasure of watching a variety of creatures taking advantage of the maple tree in his front yard. You see, it was dripping sap, and it seemed like everyone wanted {…}
Posted on May 1st, 2009 by Kenton Whitman
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