I paused slightly and pondered my seven year-old grandson’s question, “Why are there dragonflies?” My training taught me that the dragonfly comes from the scientific order Odonata, loosely meaning, “toothed ones”, because of their toothly lower lip used to capture and hold prey, as they eat. Next is the suborder of Anisoptera, meaning “different wings”…
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Birds Gone Wild
Because native flowers, shrubs and trees also help to prevent erosion and runoff water pollution, watershed districts in Washington County can provide grants to people for planting or improving bird habitat along lake, stream and wetland edges and for people with cropland or ravines that drain to the St. Croix River and other waterways.
Read MoreSpooky noises in the night
Ten years later, Gary is now my husband, and it turns out that husbands are no braver than boyfriends when it comes to spooky noises in the night.
Read MoreA wise old owl once told me
A hundred feet away another owl hooted in response and it suddenly felt like magic as we all sat wordlessly in the sparkling snow on a subzero night listening to the owls hoot for at least another minute.
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East Metro Water 