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By Lyt Wood
Special to the Rappahannock News
Spirals, meanders, waves, palms, rings and crosses are some of the patterns that we see over and over again in the colorful natural world.
This summer, children at the Rappahannock Nature Camp will have the opportunity to make A study of these “Patterns in Nature.” We will search for them, find them and observe them artistically.
We are all familiar with the beautiful patterns formed as water freezes in tiny hexagons that fall as snowflakes.
What form does liquid water take when it falls as raindrops? The answer is at the end of this article. You may be surprised!
The Rappahannock Nature Camp is meant to open the eyes of local children to the marvels of nature all around us — as another nature camp opened my eyes and sustained my interest many •years ago. Without such an appreciation and sense of awe and wonder of our natural surroundings, concepts of “conservation” and “environment” acquired later in life can easily become dry and self-centered.
PEC initiative
Our camp is one of about 10 similar camps initiated by the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) as part of its regional educational program. We are pleased to announce that beginning this year, Hearthstone School will co-sponsor the camp along with PEC.
This will be our 18th season. I will be directing the camp, and Trista Scheuerlein will return as assistant director. Trista is a local market gardener, musician, and a wonderful teacher who coordinates
the “Farm to Table”
program at Rappahannock
County High
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