Today, I finished reading Children of Summer: Henri Fabre's Insects by Margaret J. Anderson to the boys. It is a lovely book which introduces naturalist and scientist Henri Fabre and many of his insect investigations. Here is a review from Booklist. Imagine having a father who is known as a hermit, accused of being a poacher, and thought to be strange and simpleminded. According to this fictionalized story, French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre, a contemporary and correspondent of Darwin and a friend of John Stuart Mill, may have been such a man. Using the voice of Fabre's 10-year-old son Paul, who, according to Fabre's own writings, often helped his father, Anderson tells of Fabre's passion for learning about cicadas, scorpions, and the other "children of summer." The man's curious behavior will draw readers in, and the descriptions of the oddities of the insect world will keep them interested: children are bound to remember Fabre's shooting a cann...
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Looks like fun Aaron!;)
ReplyDeleteDon't fall Aaron! Do ya think you can come and do that to our house?
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We got lights for our front bushes, but when we opened them up, we found out they were ice-sickles!
ReplyDeleteYou obviously live somewhere warm and dry. Here, going on the house is trecherous this time of year because of all the ice and wet. And up there with no coat, scarf, and hat? No way!! lol...
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful helper there though. Alex is that way too. My oldest by 5 years, he is a huge help with the youngers and with things like this.
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We are in Virginia. The photo was taken at the beginning of December. It is 37 degrees here right now. That was a surprisingly warm day. We didn't even bother with lights last year b/c no one wanted to freeze on the roof. LOL We have had a horrible amount of rain this fall, so it hasn't been my favorite fall.
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