Yesterday, I went with our homeschool group to our local wild prairie! It's only half an hour away from town, and it is a beautiful place to go, and as I found out, it's beautiful in ALL seasons! Now before I went, I thought that it would just be muddy and windy and cold and brown all over, but there was a lot more to it than that! A few of my friends were there, and we discovered lots of amazing things! At 11 am, we arrived. It was pretty windy and chilly! Everything was completely silent, except for the wind and our own chatter. We could see a glimpse of our group kind of far off in the hills. We decided to explore the pond. the pond was frozen over, so thick that it was safe-ish to walk on the edges. I kind of wished that I had brought my ice skates, but the ice was REALLY bumpy, so that wouldn't be a good idea. Below: It was especially neat in the shallow areas to see the plants through the ice! It would have been a beautiful scene to paint! Then we caught up with the group and soon learned that they had spotted a bald eagle! A real bald eagle! Can you believe that? Here is the beautiful icy pond: As we were walking along the edge of the frozen, beautiful pond, we saw hundreds (ok, at least 90) of EMPTY snail-like shells! We were not quite sure if they were from snails, or something else, but they were beautiful! Their colors ranged from pearl white to dark amber brown. What do you think they could be from? here is a close up of a few of them. Then, everyone was starting to get a little cold, so we all went back inside the warm, inviting, visitor's center. My friends and I wrote some haiku's and poems about nature in a little reading nook. After that, we ran around on the trail some more, and my friend took this amazing picture of cattails. Look how fluffy they are! It reminds me of llama fur! Anyway, that was my amazing day at the prairie. I hope you enjoyed this post! If you don't ever want to miss a post, go to the sidebar, enter your email, and click subscribe!!! Gardening posts coming soon! Comment your ideas, I would love to hear them! Well, Bye for now! -Flala
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