tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post1744444817167053282..comments2012-10-01T11:04:16.874-04:00Comments on Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog: Angelina Jolie - My New Favorite Nature NerdEric Ecklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13398535194562109699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post-5929436514567146892011-11-04T03:11:57.113-04:002011-11-04T03:11:57.113-04:00Count me in!
I try to be a good model nerd! Nothi...Count me in!<br /><br />I try to be a good model nerd! Nothing makes me happier than to amaze little boys by being a grown up lady who likes bugs, snakes, and sharks. When one of the little boys from our neighborhood or at the park on in my son's class tells me they think that those animals are cool, I like to amaze them by trading cool facts and waxing poetic about their scales or their cool eyes, whatever.<br /><br />Same with bees… when my daughter's friends scream about bees, I love amazing them by saying how much I love the bees and how I love to watch them in my garden… sometimes just being a grown up who takes a moment to be amazed changes an entire group's outlook on insects.<br /><br />Never, ever, be afraid to let your wonderment show in front of kids. I am told that is how Rachel Carson amazed her neighborhood kids in Silver Spring many years ago, by stopping to exclaim her love for the ants they were stomping upon and killing.<br /><br />Long live the nerds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com