Nature Observation | Nature's Guys Thinking and Pondering

Guiding Purpose Of Lightning Bugs: ImproVerse Haiku

ByDavid Kuhns July 2, 2019August 21, 2019

I thought lightning bugs/
don’t guide anyone, but then/
learned their real purpose.

Nature Observation | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Missing Wildflowers: Nature Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns July 2, 2019August 21, 2019

Folks look at my yard/ and see lots of grass to mow./ They miss wildflowers.

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Canoe the Right Thing: Chickamauga Creek Lesson
ByMarnie February 26, 2019April 10, 2019

This isn’t meant to toot my horn or anything. It’s just a reminder: When you’re living out in nature, it’s always good to do the right thing, even if nobody else knows. Case in point? Several days ago, the dirt road to our place flooded. Yesterday, it was still flooded, BUT, it was sunny, so…

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Nature Haibun -- Prose + Haiku | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Make A Redneck Birdbath: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns October 13, 2019October 14, 2019

Old satellite dish,/ turned skyward, filled with water:/ Fine redneck birdbath.

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Earth + Us Part 2: Weeding Uncovers Treasures Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns January 5, 2021January 6, 2021

Weeding out the bad/ that shouldn’t be there makes room for the good that should. Backstory: My wife wrote Earth + Us about pulling privet. This is an update. I was motivated to pull out a massive clump of several very old and large privet on my NW Georgia property (privet is an invasive, non-native…

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Get ‘Er Done: Vashon Island Treehouses Starts Growing
ByDavid Kuhns May 10, 2018May 10, 2018

A New Project: Vashon Island Treehouses My brother Gene Kuhns Jr. has always been a “doer”. With his wife Jan by his side (and often, slightly in front of him), they get more done in a week than many folks get done in a year. That’s why I’m excited and anxious to watch the progress…

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Wildflowers And Pollinators: A Hopeful Prose Piece
ByDavid Kuhns October 12, 2019October 16, 2019

I posted this piece on Wildflowers and Pollinators in the “Pollinator Friendly Yards” Facebook page. After only 4 days, I had dozens of comments and over 1500 likes! Obviously I hit a nerve; many people said that my post and what I was doing gave them hope. Most importantly, it shows that changing your lawn…

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