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Aquaria
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09.10.09Paddling for Bioluminescence
Aquaria, Birds, Boats, Crafts, Fishing, Summer, nature study (13)We have been captivated lately. Until we are ready to stock our home marine aquarium we've spent quality time recently with our fellow sea creatures by several means: we renewed our membership at the aquarium; we've started teaching the boys to surf in Santa Cruz; and we've spent much time paddling up and down the sloughs, bays and byways of the Bay Area. On a recent campout to Tomales Bay we overheard, just as we were laying down to sleep in our tents, an armada of chatty sea kayakers paddling into our cove just bubbling with enthusiasm over something even more ...
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06.12.09Handmade Fishing Nets
Aquaria, Crafts, Creeks, Fish, Fishing, Fishing tackle, Summer (8)Well it's been a quiet couple of weeks from me during constantly interrupted internet service. Of course, this has been a good thing, with less of my time earmarked on the computer and more of it actually doing things outside. With the longer days I've dragged my feet inside at dusk and actually balked at how LONG the days have become, testament to hours of outdoor labor (gardening, chicken wrangling, bike riding, fight mediating). But we're back online now and the Sicore boys are asking me to take them fishing so you can guarantee a few posts coming in that ...
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05.04.09“What I Want Now” Tadpoles
Aquaria, Creeks, nature study (9)Sometimes I read Lucky Magazine. OK, I often read Lucky Magazine. Their first bit of editorial is the "What I Want Now" page. Well that's pretty much how I feel about my biology this spring. I want tadpoles, and I want them now! We have visited lots of ponds lately, but none of them were teaming with tadpoles. When I told Ryder about my preoccupation with these wriggly little gill breathers he kept an eye out for me. Turns out the drainage ditch on Fremont Avenue is the place to be if you are in stage 2 or 3 of ...
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