He Knows Your Name

It took me a few minutes to discover the name of this beautiful moth. Names are important…in nature and in human relationships. When someone calls us by name we a pleased. When someone forgets our name we may feel slighted, for certain we are disappointed. There is ONE who always knows our names. This moth reminds me…He knows my name.

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There is a Season...

Why do things happen in nature as they do? Answer…there is a season for natural events. Biologists call it phenology. It is the regular even predictable occurrence of events in the natural world. Why do things happen with such regularity…migration spring and fall, flower blossoms every year at the same time? A deeper explanation is: There is a season for everything…

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Feathered Migratory Superstar

It arrives like clockwork, each spring…specifically, the first days of May. The brilliant clear, musical calls of male Baltimore Orioles drive away any remaining winter doldrums. Perhaps it is the beauty of black and orange feathers in perfect arrangement that shakes the final memories of a long winter away. Welcome Baltimore Orioles!

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