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Naturalist/writer Bernd Heinrich's Notebook-organized talk at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) Institute drew a full house. Yes, that's his head popping out of the beaver lodge in the slide. He'll go anywhere to learn more about how nature works.

Naturalist/writer Bernd Heinrich’s Notebook-organized talk at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) Institute drew a full house. Yes, that’s his head popping out of the beaver lodge in the slide. He’ll go anywhere to learn more about how nature works.

We have a new honey-tasting tournament champion! In my absence, Haley set up this year's Sweet 16 event, which had a Southwestern flavor—Arizona mesquite, to be exact. Our three previous winners were Washington State fireweed, Maine wild raspberry and Oregon wild red huckleberry. Among the honeys that competed in this year's event was one from Prince Charles's hives in England.
One of the many beautiful pieces created by participants in the first of our two encaustic-painting workshops, led by Dina Helal of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. I'll tell and show you more about the ancient technique of encaustic in a post soon.
 
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