We are trying out oyster gardening! To help us, we got Vertical Oyster Gardens from Tampa Bay Watch. VOG’s are empty oyster shells on a...

Grab your child and jump into a pile of leaves. Take a few and grab your cell phone. Google search “leaf morphology.” There are so many...

Bald Cypress knees, duck weed, and water lettuce. This Minecraft world was built at the playground by one of my kids. I love love this...

Cypress Point Beach, Tampa Is there a difference between the word resiliency and the word resilient? Does one refer to the state of...

It's the last day before school!! Outside it’s 90 degrees, so summer will be with us unofficially for a while longer. We decided that on...

I’m a documenter. If I ask myself why I learned to photograph, I’d say it was to tell my story and my family’s story. It’s what I...

We got to see great colors from the color wheel today!! We took the tram, which costs $2 extra, and we got to visit all the colorful...

Everyone is bored. it’s a rainy rainy day, so I looked through a nature book for some afternoon inspiration. I remembered our floaty boat...

There are so many ways to document your nature experiences. I’m a super fan of paper journals. Here is an example of an interactive...

On Saturday we are trying out a preserve we have never visited. We are getting the backpack ready! Some items we always keep by the...

We drove to the new St Pete Pier to dissect a lionfish (Pterois volitans) at the Tampa BayWatch Discovery Center. The Pier was beautiful...

Lettuce Lake was still flooded from Hurricane Elsa! The boardwalk was closed. Yes, this really did stink—not literally smelly though. ...

Science is always fun at our house. It’s just a rule. So, when I saw this cucumber and salt water lesson for oceans, we did an eyelid...

I found this really cute pirate water cycle diagram online and got inspired for I Spy! It doesn‘t have ”condensation” so we added it for...

Original song by Burl Ives I think, rewritten words snagged from UF/IFAS.

Thank you mangrove trees for protecting our shorelines during the hurricane! Mangroves break the force of high winds and waves. They also...

Fort de Soto Beach is a great relaxing beach away from the city! It does cost $5 to park. This time we came to see the Fort itself, but...

The kids and I have long loved this ground cover flower! It’s a “sensitive plant” because it’s leaflets close up when they are touched,...

We visited The Florida Aquarium (again) today! Tried to learn something different about fish than last time. We concentrated on fish...

Don’t want to look down Tangled mess of plastic strings There‘s trash at your feet Rib Art on display Plastic water bottle trash Whale of...