{"id":5783,"date":"2015-07-08T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=5783"},"modified":"2015-07-08T09:58:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T13:58:08","slug":"announcing-the-july-2015-issue-of-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/announcing-the-july-2015-issue-of-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the July 2015 Issue of Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/publications\/connections\/summer-2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5784\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/07\/july2015Conx.jpg\" alt=\"july2015Conx\" width=\"292\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/07\/july2015Conx.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/07\/july2015Conx-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>The latest issue of our quarterly member newsletter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/publications\/connections\"><em>Connections<\/em><\/a> is out. Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A collection of beloved places on our wildlife sanctuaries as described by our Sanctuary Directors.<\/li>\n<li>Carnivorous plants and how to spot them.<\/li>\n<li>A volunteer who reads a children&#8217;s book to an owl<span class=\"st\">\u2014<\/span>and why she does\u00a0so.<\/li>\n<li>Our calendar of seasonal outdoor phenomena.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and much more. Members received a copy in their mailboxes, and you can read a PDF version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/publications\/connections\/summer-2015\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reader Maury Eldridge was happy to see the photo of an ebony jewelwing damselfly on page 10, because\u00a0it helped him identify a creature he&#8217;d seen on a walk, He sent us a photo of the insect and a poem that it inspired. We hope you&#8217;ll be similarly inspired by this issue of <em>Connections<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5786\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5786\" class=\"wp-image-5786 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/07\/June15-river.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony Jewelwing \u00a9 Maury Eldridge\" width=\"450\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/07\/June15-river.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/07\/June15-river-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebony Jewelwing \u00a9 Maury Eldridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Summer Grace<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Maury Eldridge<\/p>\n<div>Honeysuckle on my tongue,<\/div>\n<div>Beneath the pure sky<\/div>\n<div>And building clouds of a summer afternoon,<\/div>\n<div>Lilies open their saffron hearts<\/div>\n<div>To a still green lake.<\/div>\n<div>The birdsong, less fervent with their mating done,<\/div>\n<div>Is ever so sweet.<\/div>\n<div>Butterflies waver between nectars,<\/div>\n<div>Mountain laurel blossoms beneath quiet pines,<\/div>\n<div>A long walk<\/div>\n<div>Puts any wakening gloom back to sleep,<\/div>\n<div>And even in the shade, an ebony jewelwing<\/div>\n<div>Emits a turquoise iridescence.<\/div>\n<div>Hot sun and sixty-five years<\/div>\n<div>Slow my stride.<\/div>\n<div>Distant objects never quite come<\/div>\n<div>Fully into focus, but just possibly<\/div>\n<div>I see even more<\/div>\n<div>In my gratitude simply<\/div>\n<div>To be here.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest issue of our quarterly member newsletter Connections is out. Highlights include: A collection of beloved places on our wildlife sanctuaries as described by our Sanctuary Directors. Carnivorous plants and how to spot them. A volunteer who reads a children&#8217;s book to an owl\u2014and why she does\u00a0so. Our calendar of seasonal outdoor phenomena. &#8230;and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-5783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stuff-we-love","tag-connections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1vh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6623,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/give-the-gift-of-nature\/","url_meta":{"origin":5783,"position":0},"title":"Give the Gift of Nature","author":"Hillary T.","date":"November 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This holiday season give the gift of rivers, forests, marshes, and meadows. 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