Why I Let Bugs Crawl on My Kids
Ladybugs! The kids and I leisurely strolled across the wide lawn at Oxnard Beach Park over spring break. We were on our way from the playground to the beach, when …
Ladybugs! The kids and I leisurely strolled across the wide lawn at Oxnard Beach Park over spring break. We were on our way from the playground to the beach, when …
CA Open Space is a personal photo journal of California’s outdoor spaces written by OC outdoor enthusiast, Cindy Crawford (no, not the same Cindy). Cindy and I have been e-mailing …
Nature Scene Investigators (NSI) are a rare breed. The unit’s top investigators can uncover evidence of a coyote on a trail and spy a woodpecker’s acorn stash with one glance. …
National Wildlife Week is a signature event of National Wildlife Federation’s Be Out There™ campaign. They advocate for families to get their Green Hour in every day by playing outdoors. …
My mom always says “It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.” And I do, often. Just ask my husband. What if changing your mind is more than just a …
The Santa Barbara Natural History Museum is more than a museum to me. It embodies my childhood. I was there when the museum acquired the blue whale that washed up …
Ridgecrest Park in Aliso Viejo provided us our first sunny play outdoors day after all that rain a few weeks ago. I don’t know if it’s because we were playground-deprived, …
How well do you know the OC Zoo in Irvine Regional Park? I thought I knew it pretty well. I’m a wildlife enthusiast and collect zoos like others collect rare …
Nature Centers are favorite outings for many OC kids and especially our family. We stepped into the Irvine Regional Park Nature Center on Saturday and I was reminded how much …
Aldrich Park is the natural centerpiece of UC Irvine, but most outsiders don’t even know it exists. University students use it to shortcut to classroom buildings set on a ring …