Got the yard certified last year and finally put up the sign. This is through the National Wildlife Federation’s “Backyard Habitat” program, something I really am evangelical about. It’s a simple and edumacational process. Plus, it lets my neighbors know I’m not just the crazy lady on the corner. I’m certified! My yard looks like this for a purpose! Really! 
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DE Surfrider Beach Cleanup this Saturday 4/19
Join the Delaware chapter of the national organization “Surfrider Foundation” this Saturday the 19th at Herring Point state park in Lewes for the annual beach cleanup. They picked up a lot of stuff last year and this year should be just as fruitful 
Starts at 10am!
Pink Ladyslippers
Recently I counted 7 pink ladyslippers in my yard, two volunteering in the front and 5 in the back. Although the Delaware Native Plant society rates them as “common” in Delaware, in other areas of the country they are rare – and at any rate they are beautiful flowers so I was still excited to find them!
New Surroundings = New Inspiration
February 29, 2012 · Filed under Activites, Commentary, Nature · Tagged lifestyle, mountains, nature, writing
As some of you know, after 16 years living at the end of the earth (or “the beach,” if you prefer a more accessible mental image) I have recently relocated to my home territory, the rolling mountains of central Maryland. I spent my formative years very near to my current location and welcome both the familiarity and the change.
I am happy to be surrounded by the mountains again; it’s like the hum of the engines in Star Trek – the comforting sound that you only notice when it’s not there. I am happy to be surrounded by the comforting embrace of Mother Earth in the form of these forested mountains which rim the horizon in every direction. It’s also symbolic of the promise of adventure in my new digs: the next adventure always awaits over the next hill.
The mountains, forests, and flowing water of the Maryland countryside feed my earth-centric soul like nothing else does. I loved the beach, and I enjoyed spending time learning to understand the ocean from a perspective I never could as merely a visitor, but it is a joy to return to the bedrock of my life – the old Catoctins, with their granite and waterfalls and mists. Ah yes, home.
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