Nature Exchange from Southern California
We had so much fun with our last nature swap, we decided to join another one. This one was hosted by The Magnifying Glass and it was a nature exchange. This one was different in that you are to collect several different items and send the entire package to just one family and you get a package of items collected by another family.
We received our package today and look what was in it! It was sent from Of Grateful Praise from Southern California, and it was interesting to see what natural items are the same and which are different from the items where we live, on the opposite coast, in Maryland.
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| Acorns Long Beach, California found at El Dorado Nature Center |
Our acorns are so much shorter and fatter than these.
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| shell Santa Monica, California Found at the beach |
The shell looks very much like one we would find on our beach.
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| Leaves Pacific Palasides, California found at Temescal Canyon Park |
The maple leaves look very similar to ours.
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| rock Pacific Palisades, California found at Temescal Canyon |
We don't get many smoothed stones like this one.
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| Geode (ordered at Amazon! Have fun!) |
We do not have any geodes.
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| nest Long Beach, California found fallen and abandoned at neighbors |
Beautiful little soft nest. Wonder what kind of bird made it?
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| pine cone Culver City, California found walking to craft fair |
We don't have any pine cones of this size here! Ours are much smaller.
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| ? Pacific Palisade, California Temescal Canyon Park |
These seed pods were sent unidentified, but Steven (who is from Northern California) recognized them immediately as Eucalyptus seed pods. When he told us, we smelled them and you could smell a slight Eucalyptus smell. We don't have those here in Maryland.
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| butterfly Los Angeles, California from our backyard |
I don't recognize this butterfly. Do you?
Thank you so much Of Grateful Praise for our lovely package.
How about you? Do you have any of these items where you live? Do they look any differently?
