Life at The Perry Farm
From 100 Miles from Home Place: Smith Cemetery Nature Preserve Location: On the west side of IN 63, about 1.9 miles south of the Perrysville, IN exit (Map) Distance from Home: 38.6 Miles More Information Then as to scenery (giving my own thought and feeling,) while I know the standard claim is that Yosemite, Niagara falls,... Continue Reading →
From 100 Miles from Home Place: Rocky Hollow Nature Preserve Location: Inside Turkey Run State Park in Parke County, Indiana (Map) Distance from Home: 39 Miles More Information: Indiana Department of Natural Resources ; Dan Shepardson's A Place Called Turkey Run: A Celebration of Indiana’s Second State Park in Photographs and Words We live in the... Continue Reading →
This fall, Keith and I completed the Indiana Master Naturalist program. Over eight evenings, we met with experts on wetlands (Jeff Kiefer), wildflowers (Jim Nardi), invasive, edible, and medicinal plants (Karen Staub), bats (Joy O’Keefe), astronomy and night birds (Barbara Tibbett and Alan Bruner), butterflies (Jeff and Sandy Belth), land trusts (Phil Cox), naturalist authors... Continue Reading →
M. H. Perry 