If there is one source of joy that I could pass on to my children, it is the ability to be an observer in this world. The ability to observe can be done anywhere, and, in my opinion, is an underrated skill in the modern world. (I don’t know too many people who have actually conducted a frog and toad survey. – I did that one with my brother Roger.) Whether it’s people, the birds on the feeder, or even the frogs singing at night, the ability to notice and enjoy the little things- the wonders of this world is timeless. That brings us to something I did not know, and perhaps you might not know also. Did you know that you can tell the temperature by counting the chirps of a cricket? From the X post by Give a Shit About Nature embedded below: “Crickets are cold-blooded. Both their metabolism, and their chirp rate, is directly tied to air temperature outside. The warmer it is, the faster they chirp. In 1897, a scientist named Amos Dolbear published a formula that’s been repeated by the NOAA and the Old Farmer’s Almanac ever since: count the chirps of a single cricket in 15 seconds, add 40, and you have the temperature in Fahrenheit within a degree or two.” There you have it: 15 seconds, add 40, and voila! …There were multiple crickets chirping this morning when I let the dog out. I am going to try again.
Typically, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, and 2-4 get handwritten napkins, but for the Summer Edition, we will be searching for consistency and hopefully a routine. Today, texts for all.
Visual credit to – Featured Image: @giveashitnature
Quotes: @HumbleFlow @ACC_National @BearGrylls @arealmofwonder
Quotes:
1. “Wisdom doesn’t come from reading another book or winning another argument. It comes from years of observing how people actually behave and learning the difference between what sounds good and what is good.” – Aristotle
2. “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne
3. “The crickets outside your window tonight are telling you the temperature. All you have to do is count the chirps…” – Give A Shit About Nature
4. “The same way we build a body that can carry a heavy pack, we build a soul that can carry a heavy season.” – Bear Grylls
Bonus Quote: “Remember, when you leave this Earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received—only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.” – St. Francis of Assisi
Sources:
Stop everything you are doing and read this:
“Wisdom doesn’t come from reading another book or winning another argument.
It comes from years of observing how people actually behave and learning the difference between what sounds good and what is good.” https://t.co/mLLrt1ptTK
— Humble Flow (@HumbleFlow) July 7, 2026
“Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne pic.twitter.com/Us4ZnT4Rsp
— American Conservation Coalition (@ACC_National) June 26, 2026
The crickets outside your window tonight are telling you the temperature. All you have to do is count the chirps.
Crickets are cold-blooded. Both their metabolism, and their chirp rate, is directly tied to air temperature outside. The warmer it is, the faster they chirp.
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— Give A Shit About Nature (@giveashitnature) July 6, 2026
The same way we build a body that can carry a heavy pack, we build a soul that can carry a heavy season. pic.twitter.com/eqsYFX4LuT
— Bear Grylls OBE (@BearGrylls) July 15, 2026
“Remember, when you leave this Earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received—only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.”
~ St. Francis of Assisi pic.twitter.com/ZGf0XLhhQc— Cian McCarthy (@arealmofwonder) July 20, 2026