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Nature Corner: Volo Bog State Natural Area
Volo Bog Nature Center via Flickr user pentachoron After a 14-hour marathon in the studio on Saturday, we took a break yesterday and headed to the Volo Bog State Natural Area in Ingleside, Illinois...
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Nature Corner: Survival Bibles
survival kit in a sardine can via Think Geek When the subject of survival comes up, in any crowd, it’s usually glossed over or curtailed by comments like, “Well, I’d rather just starve than have to...
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Nature Pop Quiz
Nature Pop Quiz #8: Do wild rabbits actually eat carrots? Answer: Wild rabbits will usually snack on anything that is green and fresh, like tender shoots of plants and small grasses. Domestic rabbits...
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Hikes Near Chicago: Glacial Park McHenry County Illinois
After a long week in the studio, there is nothing we enjoy more than grabbing the day packs some water bottles, a few Cliff Bars, and bird books and heading to a trail head. Unfortunately as we’re all...
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Not So Roughin’ It: Luxury Camping
Camping is suddenly glamorous. Have you noticed? Either these luxury camping or “glamping” destinations are a brand new phenomenon or they are certainly seeing some new and renewed popularity on the...
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Nature Corner: Postcards from the North
When the first notes of autumn are being scribed on falling leaves, a group of delicate and colorful birds make their way from the north country to milder climes, winging ahead of the downturn in...
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Nature Corner: Autumn Call
Wild Turkeys at Crab Orchard NWR, Illinois Fall is a word that seems more cognomen than nomen. It’s a word that is often too literal even for the most succinct writer, and it seems a shame to rob this...
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Nature Corner: When is a kite not a kite?
White-tailed Kite, Galveston, Tx There is a bird that looks as regal as a lion on a shield, shares the hooked raptor bill and appetite of the eagle, and haunts the southern coast like a ship after a...
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Nature Corner: A thing in the trees, beyond me
Dolan Geiman, Nutcracker Sketch Several weeks past, while marching hillside, streamside, pineside I collected raucous eartones. Some storage squirrel I mused, And gathering binoculars glanced northward...
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Nature Corner: Bird Nerd
Field Guide (Tennessee) by Dolan GeimanNow Available as a 16 x 20 Paper Print In the birding world, now is a really hot time for people looking at birds because it’s Fall Migration, when all the birds...
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15 Handmade: Logan Square Farmer’s Market
Logan Square Farmer’s Market We sure have been on the road a bunch these past handful of weeks, and have plenty more Art & Craft Fair traveling to do in the very near future – but, we’re glad to...
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Country Picnic: MaryJanes Farm Travel Packs
Dolan Geiman on the road!Follow our travels on Instagram Just as many of our fellow artists, crafters, and artisans do, we spend MUCH of our summer on the road traveling to and from art & craft...
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Nature Corner: Find That Feather
The Feather Atlas Feather Finder! On the occasional rainy day or late night when flora/fauna inspiration might be hard to come by, we often find ourselves deep in nature-dork internet terrain scouring...
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The Death of the Cowboy Angel & A Chat with Gambel’s Quail
Last week I saddled up my US Airways pony and headed to the left coast in search of something. That something started to take form over the milk-topped mountains of the Rockies, and it gained...
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Nature Corner: From One Turkey to the Next
Wild Turkey Watercolor Painting by DJ Rogers available online: http://www.etsy.com/shop/k9artgallery As most readers know, I can be a little overly birdy at times. I have a tendency to stop the car if...
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Reporting from Los Angeles
If you’ve never been to Los Angeles, don’t go. There are birds whose gentle cooing will ease you out of your slumber, bees and butterflies humming good mornings, small cafes where you can lose...
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After a 14-hour marathon in the studio on Saturday, we took a break yesterday and headed to the Volo Bog State Natural Area in Ingleside, Illinois for some hiking and bird watching, the only “quaking”...
View ArticleNature Corner: The Moth with the Stinging Spines
Every July 4th that I’ve been in the woods, I’ve noticed an unusual number of Io moths, and have always wondered about the rest of their lives. I remember collecting adult specimens in the George...
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Nature Corner: Karner Blue Butterfly
Karner blue butterfly image c/o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recently while planning a fishing trip/ nature excursion into Wisconsin, I stumbled across a beautiful little endangered butterfly...
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Nature Corner: Halo ’round the Moon
Well, since Halloween is quickly approaching, I thought I would jump into another of my favorite topics. This one happens to tie in with both superstition and nature… When I was home in Virginia a few...
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