Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 29th, 2009 9 Comments »
In my last post I asked the question, “what have you done lately? ” and I got a lot of interesting answers and responses. So I thought it only fair to answer them for myself. So…what have I done lately… To satisfy my curiosity? I am plowing through Annals of the Former World to crank [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 27th, 2009 9 Comments »
What have you done lately to satisfy your curiosity? To feed your passions? To express your creativity? To put your skills to the test? We ask this of our children, but what about ourselves? Are we living the lifestyles we want for our children? And if not, then what are we telling them with our [...]
Posted in art, geography on Jan 27th, 2009 12 Comments »
The kids had so much fun at a local Australia day celebration last night. Meeting some real Aussies and trying Australian food (including the infamous Vegemite) was so much fun that they were excited to learn all about Australia today. We had a great time exploring the goodies in our Australia continent box, reading about [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 25th, 2009 4 Comments »
I’ve recently been tagged for a couple of memes. Once at Learning Adventures for the 6 random things meme, and once at Learning Umbrella for the Hooked on your Blog meme which has you list 6 things that make you happy. So, for efficiency sake and because I am just that lazy, I am going [...]
Posted in nature study on Jan 24th, 2009 15 Comments »
I was thinking I would like to post pages from our nature journals more often. Although we are not nature journaling nearly as much in the winter (I admit–it is just too cold!), we are still doing a bit. Anyway, here are the latest entries, all done within the comfort of our warm home. Yes, [...]
Posted in art on Jan 23rd, 2009 8 Comments »
Yesterday I decided that the house needed a little perking up and so I bought some new lamps and some flowers. Then I decided WE needed perking up, too, so last night I set the flowers out on a tray with some watercolor pencils hoping we’d paint them in the morning. JBug jumped right on [...]
Posted in sewing on Jan 22nd, 2009 3 Comments »
Make a pincushion. It is so simple and will make you happy! Try this one. Or this one. Or perhaps this one. Or maybe this one. Or perhaps one of the 45 free designs here. Just pick one and go to town! You’ll be glad you did! Post a picture and come back and leave [...]
Posted in nature study on Jan 20th, 2009 7 Comments »
Here it is, the indisputable proof that the snowshoe hares are out there. Doing the things that bunnies do best. Eating and pooping, of course. What did you expect? This is a G rated blog, after all.
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jan 20th, 2009 5 Comments »
Obamicon yourself here:Obamicon.me (ps, if this is the kind of thing that gets your panties in a wad, feel free to NOT comment, ok? Love you anyway!)
Posted in alaska, nature study on Jan 19th, 2009 14 Comments »
It just shouldn’t be this easy to get some nature study into the day: But sometimes it’s nice that it is.
