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How to cultivate the tiniest green thumb in Tampa Bay

by Becky

Thu
15
2008

Learn about ecosystems, insects and how plants decompose at Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center in Tarpon Springs. Prices and age requirements vary (many are free!), so check the Web site or call (727) 453-6800 for more information. The Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo has more than 30 acres of gardens and 90 acres of natural landscape to explore, including a ... Read more >

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Tampa: What's in a name?

by Becky

Wed
25
2008

Where did Tampa get its name? According to some historians, it started out as Tanpa, the Calusa Indian word meaning 'sticks of fire. Some think this refers to the abundance of kindling and driftwood along the Hillsborough River. Others think it refers to the abundance of lightning strikes that has earned Tampa Bay the nicknames Lightning Capital of the World (although some disagree it's the ... Read more >

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Things to do today, 8/28

by Becky

Thu
28
2008

Thursday, Aug. 28 10:30-11:15 a.m. Book Time at Brooker Creek ~ Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center, includes craft, game or other hands-on activity, ages 3-5. Admission is free, but registration is required. Call 727-453-6800. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wee-time at Weedon ~ Wish for a Fish: All about Sea Creatures by Bonnie Worth, The ... Read more >

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Cultivate Your Child's Green Thumb in Tampa

by Caroline

Mon
27
2008

As a child, I have fond memories of my mother's neighborhood garden plot. We spent endless summer afternoons tending, cultivating and finally harvesting enough tomatoes to fill a laundry basket.Fast forward to this past weekend. As I was cutting back that enormous palm bush in my front yard, who should be standing over my shoulder, watching? Donning enormous garden gloves and a watering can? My ... Read more >

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Becky

A native Nebraskan whose parents were teachers and always made her "look it up" in the dictionary, she married a Norwegian she met in college. She wound up in Tampa via Norway, where her fondest memories are of listening to a bar full of Norwegians sing every word to "American Pie" at closing time (the most English she heard at one time in two months) and explaining "Paradise By The Dashboard...Read more >

Caroline

Caroline is an over-thinking mom of two boys currently living under swaying palm trees in the sunny state of Florida. She grew up as a Foreign Service brat and spent half of her childhood in Africa. But alas, life got a little more typical once she settled down in the U.S. to attend college and eventually start a wonderful family of her own. In 2005, she moved her family from Boston to Florida....Read more >

Because a Great Book Helps Explain a Tough Subject

by BeingSavvy

November
20
2008

Oh, the tough stuff. Life with preschoolers means wading right into the hard stuff, sometimes on a daily basis. And what's perhaps most striking of all is just how much tough stuff there is!
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