Newts on Skyline Ridge

 
 
 
 

How to choose?

Guadalupe Gardens annual spring event or this:

At Hartnell College - Admission Free

11am - 3pm; Saturday, April 26th, 2008

-Talk by NASA Astronaut Dr. Jim Newman at 2pm
-Indigenous Peoples Pow Wow
-Nutrition & Healthy Living Displays and Activities
-Amphibian and Reptile Zoo
-Earth Day Demonstrations on Sustainability & Recycling
-Kids Zone Activities
-Biology, Geology, Oceanography and Zoology Displays
-The World of Astronomy
-Soccer Fun with Hartnell Coach Daniel Ortega
-Physics Demonstrations
-Mayan and Chinese Math Activities
-Solar Telescope Viewing
-Continuous Free Planetarium Shows

With ongoing multicultural performances at our outdoor amphitheater
featuring: Folklorico, Azteca, Marichi and the Alisal High Rock Band

Arrive early, pick up a schedule and enjoy this free public event
where Science, Fine Arts, Healthy Living and Respect for the Earth
converge.

How to choose?

Upcoming Orienteering

Apr 19 or 20 Stanford, Palo Alto, CA
(C) We are trying to get permission for an event this
weekend, with our preference being Saturday. More
information will be posted to the BayONet and on the BAOC
website as it becomes available.

Apr 27 Indian Valley Open Space Preserve, Novato, CA
(C) White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, and Sprint courses
(part of Spring Sprint Series)
http://baoc.org/wiki/Schedule/2008/Indian_Valley
ED-Gary Kraght, 415-383-4429, gary_kraght@ffic.com
CS-Scott Aster, Heidi Whalen

May 4 Shell Ridge Open Space, Walnut Creek, CA
(G) Golden Goat, Golden Kid, and Junior Goat;
pending park approval
ED-Rosemary Johnson, 510-245-9735, orosem@sbcglobal.net
CS-George Minarik

Gardening Events

UCCE Master Gardener's

Famous Spring Garden Market

Saturday, April 12

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

History Park

1650 Senter Road, San Jose

70 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, 90 varieties of sweet and mild
peppers, plus more! Speakers on the half hour, always free advice...

Day on the Farm

Saturday May 17, 2008 10 AM - 3 PM

Agricultural History Project | 2601 East

Lake Avenue | Watsonville

(831) 724-5898

Come out and try your hand at cutting wheat the old fashioned way. Enjoy
the demonstrations of making candles and soap and goat cheese. Learn how
to milk a cow with cows that don't kick. Enjoy the farm animals
including lambs, rabbits, chickens, goats, a cow and working draft
horses. This free event is designed to educate children and adults about
how their food gets to the table and the many chores of every day life
of the past. Light lunch fare will be available for purchase.

Hidden Villa

26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills 94022

(650) 949-8650

Non-Toxic Pest Control Workshop

Sunday, April 27, 9:00am to noon

Dana Center

Thomas Wittman, will give humane tools for control of gophers and moles.
$25.00

Healing Herbs

Sunday, May 18, 10 am to 1pm

Wolken Education Center $15.00

Program begins w/hike to ID and collect plant materials for use in
class.

Vernal Pools

From my e-mail: a free event in the Davis area.

link

"The Yolo Vernal Pool Open House is on Sunday, April 6th, from 9 am to 3
pm. Once a year, the former Glide Tule Ranch now part of the Yolo Bypass
Wildlife Area is open to the public for vernal pool viewing. The pools are
on property purchased by the state in 2002 and grazed under lease by local
ranchers. The area contains some of the last remaining Central Valley
native prairie habitat."

I already have plans for the 6th this year, but if I find about this in time next year, I'm there for sure.

Books about Ancient Greece

Also from an e-mail (thanks, Zelda)

Where Was Atlantis?" Brian Innes (The legend of Atlantis may have been based on the destruction of the island of Thera)
"The Mystery of Atlantis" Holly Wallace
"The Hero and the Minotaur: The Fantastic Adventures of Theseus" Robert Byrd
"How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek?" Fiona MacDonald
"You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece" Fiona MacDonald
"D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths" Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
"The Librarian Who Measured the Earth" Kathryn Lasky ( re: Eratosthenes)
"I Wonder Why the Greeks Built Temples and Other Questions..." Fiona MacDonald
"Black Ships Before Troy" and "The Wanderings of Odysseus" by Rosemary Sutcliff (highly recommend)
"Archimedes Takes a Bath" Joan M. Lexau
"Inside Ancient Athens" Fiona MacDonald
"Greek Gods and Goddesses" Geraldine McCaughrean (we really like this)
"The Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus" Aliki
"The World in the Time of Alexander the Great" Fiona MacDonald
"Ten Kings: And the Worlds They Rule" Milton Metzer (includes chapter on Alexander)
"People Who Made History: Ancient Greece" Nicola Morgan