Wednesday Nature School

Tomorrow is our long awaited trip to the wonderful Clifton Institute. Please be sure to RSVP. Class will begin promptly at 10 am and last until about 1pm. See you there!

This week’s nature school was a chilly, breezy and wet one. While many were quite cold we continued on and managed a good time.

The class topic centered around the Harvest Moon. We began exploring the lunar cycle and I shared a moon phases chart. We discussed why the harvest moon was unique. The full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, rising early and helping farmers harvest crops.

We took a nature walk to find moon connections and look for seasonal changes. We found paw paws too!

We took to our nature journals and I offered to option of watercolors. Many stuck with their color pencils. While we were journaling and eating lunch, I introduced some indigenous stories and folklore of the harvest moon and moon.

Thank you for joining me!