A few years ago I went to Paris, France with my sister and dad. We marveled at the sights, laughed out loud at our poor attempts to speak the language and sat in awed silence in front of some of the world’s most stunning art collections. Looking back, I have to smile at […]

Just to clarify - the Sandtastic event is Wednesday, July 2nd through Saturday, July 5th.  The sculpting starts on Wednesday, but the booths and family fun start on Thursday, July 3rd and continue through Saturday the 5th. To commemorate the event, we’ve made up a special shirt.  There will be t-shirts for sale at the […]

Every summer, thousands of sun worshipers flock to the Outer Banks to loft colorful kites into the favorable winds, lie in the soft sand and soak up the sun on the many attractive beaches that make up this vacation hot spot. Unfortunately, some of these beach-goers will take home unwanted souvenirs –nasty sunburns and as […]

What can we learn from our friends the frogs?
Plenty.
Frogs are highly dependent on how humans manage the habitat. Frogs eat the bugs that live on the plants that are often used for medicine and food production. When we’re harvesting in certain places, frogs are the best indicators of when to say when. In other […]